The Life of Moses Quotes

“Concepts create idols; only wonder grasps anything.”
― Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses

“For truly barren is profane education, which is always in labor but never gives birth. For what fruit worthy of such pangs does philosophy show for being so long in labor? Do not all who are full of wind and never come to term miscarry before they come to the light of the knowledge of God, although they could as well become men if they were not altogether hidden in the womb of barren wisdom?”
― Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses

“Moses’ vision of God began with light; afterwards God spoke to him in a cloud. But when Moses rose higher and became more perfect, he saw God in the darkness.”
― Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses

“Time had not altered the beauty of his countenance, nor darkened the brightness of his eyes. He continued on the same, preserved in an incorruptible beauty in the corruptibleness of nature.”
― Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses

“Thus, what Moses yearned for is satisfied by the very things which leave his desire unsatisfied.”
― Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses

“In the same manner as the sea, those who are swept away from the course leading to the harbor correct their aim by a clear mark, looking for a lighthouse on high, or a certain mountain appearing. In the same manner Scripture by the example of Abraham and Sarah will direct us once more to the safe harbor of the divine will for those who have drifted out in the sea of life with a mind lacking a navigator.”
― Gregory of Nyssa, The Life of Moses