Gregory of Nyssa Quotes on Life
Gregory of Nyssa was a fourth-century Cappadocian bishop and theologian and one of the architects of orthodox Trinitarian theology. This page collects quotes attributed to Gregory of Nyssa on the topic of life, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Gregory of Nyssa:
“He who climbs never stops going from beginning to beginning, through beginnings that have no end.”
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“With the eye in a natural state sight follows necessarily ... In the same way the life of blessedness is as a familiar second nature to those who have kept clear the senses of the soul.”
On Infants' Early Deaths -
“Man was made in the image of God; that like, I take it, might be able to see like; and to see God is ... the life of the soul.”
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“One of two probations must be the inevitable fate of him who has had the longer lease of life; either to combat here on Virtue’s toilsome field, or to suffer there the painful recompense of a life of evil.”
On Infants' Early Deaths -
“The Life of Moses ; translation, introd. and notes by Abraham J. Malherbe and Everett Ferguson ; pref. by John Meyendorff Page 96 (1978 ed).”
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“If we truly think of Christ as our source of holiness, we shall refrain from anything wicked or impure in thought or act and thus show ourselves to be worthy bearers of his name. For the quality of holiness is shown not by what we say but by what we do in life.”
Gregory of Nyssa, On Christian perfection , PG 46: 259-262. As quoted in J. Robert Wright , Readings from the Daily Office for the Early Church , Church Publishing Incorporated, 2013, p. 403. ISBN 9780898698985