Let us not esteem worldly prosperity or adversity as things real or of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise all our attention to Heaven; esteeming sin as the only true evil, and nothing truly good, but virtue which unites us to God. Gregory of Nazianzus More Quotes by Gregory of Nazianzus More Quotes From Gregory of Nazianzus Give something, however small, to the one in need. For it is not small to one who has nothing. Neither is it small to God, if we have given what we could. Gregory of Nazianzus catholic saint giving We are not made for ourselves alone, we are made for the good of all our fellow creatures. Gregory of Nazianzus fellows creatures made What He was, He laid aside; what He was not, He assumed. He takes upon Himself the poverty of my flesh so that I may receive the riches of His divinity. Gregory of Nazianzus divinity flesh may Remember God more often than you breathe. Gregory of Nazianzus breathe spiritual remember To all earth's creatures God has given the broad earth, the springs, the rivers and the forests, giving the air to the birds, and the waters to those who live in water, giving abundantly to all the basic needs of life, not as a private possession, not restricted by law, not divided by boundaries, but as common to all, amply and in rich measure. Gregory of Nazianzus humility air spring I cannot think on the one without quickly being encircled by the splendor of the three; nor can I discern the three without being straightway carried back to the one. Gregory of Nazianzus splendor three thinking Who gave you the ability to contemplate the beauty of the skies, the course of the sun, the round moon, the millions of stars, the harmony and rhythm that issue from the world as from a lyre, the return of the seasons, the alternation of the months, the demarcation of day and night, the fruits of the earth, the vastness of the air, the ceaseless motion of the waves, the sound of the wind? Gregory of Nazianzus stars inspiration faith These three things God requires of all the Baptized: right faith in the heart, truth on the tongue, temperance in the body. Gregory of Nazianzus three christian heart Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He became poor that we through His poverty might be rich. Gregory of Nazianzus suffering might giving It is like employing a small tool on big constructions, if we use human wisdom in the hunt for knowledge of reality. Gregory of Nazianzus tools christian reality For God loves to be entreated, He loves to be compelled. Gregory of Nazianzus compelled god-love prayer The first of all beautiful things is the continual possession of God. Gregory of Nazianzus possession beautiful firsts It is difficult to practice obedience; but it is even more difficult to practice leadership. Gregory of Nazianzus difficult obedience practice Our starting-point must be the fact that God cannot be named... no mind has yet contained or language embraced God's substance in its fullness. No, we use facts connected with Him to outline qualities that correspond with Him, collecting a faint and feeble mental image from various quarters. Our noblest theologian is not one who has discovered the whole - our earthly shackles do not permit us the whole - but one whose mental image is by comparison fuller, who has gathered in his mind a richer picture, outline, or whatever we call it, of the truth. Gregory of Nazianzus quality christian mind May God preserve me from being rich while they are indigent, from enjoying robust health if I do not try to cure their diseases, from eating good food, clothing myself well and resting in my home if I do not share with them a piece of my bread and give them, in the measure of my abilities, part of my clothes and if I do not welcome them into my home Gregory of Nazianzus eating-good clothes home God always was, and always is, and always will be. Or rather, God always Is. For Was and Will be are fragments of our time, and of changeable nature, but He is Eternal Being. And this is the Name that He gives to Himself when giving the Oracle to Moses in the Mount. For in Himself He sums up and contains all Being, having neither beginning in the past nor end in the future; like some great Sea of Being, limitless and unbounded, transcending all conception of time and nature, only adumbrated [intimated] by the mind, and that very dimly and scantily. Gregory of Nazianzus christian sea past Different men have different names, which they owe to their parents or to themselves, that is, to their own pursuits and achievements. But our great pursuit, the great name we wanted, was to be Christians, to be called Christians. Gregory of Nazianzus christian names men That which He has not assumed He has not healed. Gregory of Nazianzus healed If anyone does not believe that Holy Mary is the Mother of God, such a one is a stranger to the Godhead. Gregory of Nazianzus christian mother believe Let us treasure up in our soul some of those things which are permanent..., not of those which will forsake us and be destroyed, and which only tickle our senses for a little while. Gregory of Nazianzus treasure greed soul
