Gregory of Nyssa

It is impossible that one who has turned to the world and feels its anxieties, and engages his heart in the wish…

— Gregory of Nyssa

For when one considers the universe, can anyone be so simple-minded as not to believe that the Divine is present in everything,…

— Gregory of Nyssa

Peace is defined as harmony among those who are divided. When, therefore, we end the civil war within our nature and cultivate…

— Gregory of Nyssa

But if one wishes to be absolute master of all, to obtain the entire inheritance, and to exclude his brothers from even…

— Gregory of Nyssa

“and the creation, in the world and above the world, that once was at variance with itself, is knit together in friendship:…

— Gregory of Nyssa

It is impossible for one to live without tears who considers things exactly as they are.

— Gregory of Nyssa

Hope always draws the soul from the beauty which is seen to what is beyond, always kindles the desire for the hidden…

— Gregory of Nyssa

God's name is not known; it is wondered at.

— Gregory of Nyssa

If custom is to avail for proof of soundness, we too, surely, may advance our prevailing custom; and if they reject this,…

— Gregory of Nyssa

Who gives you the day will give you also the things necessary for the day.

— Gregory of Nyssa

Today the darkness begins to grow shorter and the light to lengthen, as the hours of night become fewer.... Realize that the…

— Gregory of Nyssa

If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or…

— Gregory of Nyssa

We are not entitled to such licence, I mean that of affirming what we please; we make the Holy Scriptures the rule…

— Gregory of Nyssa

Our human weakness is protected by the assistance of the Angels and...in all our perils, provided faith remain with us, we are…

— Gregory of Nyssa

For truly barren is profane education, which is always in labor but never gives birth. For what fruit worthy of such pangs…

— Gregory of Nyssa

There is one antidote for evil passions: the purification of our souls which takes place through the mystery of godliness. The chief…

— Gregory of Nyssa

[Jews are] murderers of the Lord, assassins of the prophets, rebels against God, God haters,... advocates of the devil, race of vipers,…

— Gregory of Nyssa

Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised up; dead, to rise again... Closed in the darkness, it was…

— Gregory of Nyssa

That we may merge into the deep and dazzling darkness, vanish into it, dissolve in it forever in an unbelievable bliss beyond…

— Gregory of Nyssa

For virtue is a light and buoyant thing, and all who live in her way fly like clouds as Isaiah says, and…

— Gregory of Nyssa

“Concepts create idols; only wonder grasps anything.”

— Gregory of Nyssa

May we never risk the life of our souls by being resentful or by bearing grudges.

— Gregory of Nyssa

There have been delivered to us in the Gospel three Persons and names through Whom the generation of the birth of believers…

— Gregory of Nyssa

Concepts create idols; only wonder understands anything.

— Gregory of Nyssa

Since with all my soul I behold the face of my beloved, therefore all the beauty of his form is seen in…

— Gregory of Nyssa