For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way fly like clouds as Isaiah says, and as doves with their young ones; but sin is a heavy affair, as another of the prophets says,… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
It is impossible that one who has turned to the world and feels its anxieties, and engages his heart in the wish to please… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
For when one considers the universe, can anyone be so simple-minded as not to believe that the Divine is present in everything, pervading, embracing… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
Peace is defined as harmony among those who are divided. When, therefore, we end the civil war within our nature and cultivate peace within… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
But if one wishes to be absolute master of all, to obtain the entire inheritance, and to exclude his brothers from even a third… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
“and the creation, in the world and above the world, that once was at variance with itself, is knit together in friendship: and we… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
It is impossible for one to live without tears who considers things exactly as they are. — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
Hope always draws the soul from the beauty which is seen to what is beyond, always kindles the desire for the hidden through what… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
If custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this, we are… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
Who gives you the day will give you also the things necessary for the day. — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
Today the darkness begins to grow shorter and the light to lengthen, as the hours of night become fewer.... Realize that the true light… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and… — Gregory of Nyssa Copy Share Image
