Gregory Palamas > Quotes

“For who that possesses reason and beholds such manifest differences among beings-both the oppositions of hidden forces and the compensating kinetic impulses, and again stability that compensates in another way; the ceaseless resolutions arising out of contrary affections and the unconfused harmony arising out of irreconcilable strife; the cohesion of things that are distinct and the continuing distinction of those that are united, whether they be minds, souls, or bodies; the harmony among so many, their established positions and relations; the conformity of their states and ranks to their essence, the indissolubility of their connection-who that attends to all these points would not form a conception of the One who has so well established each thing in itself and wondrously harmonized each with the others, so as to come to know God from his image that which he has caused?”
― Gregory Palamas, Gregory Palamas: The Triads

“The knowledge and contemplation that comes about through creatures is called 'natural law' Thus, even before the patriarchs and prophets and the written law, it summoned the human race and returned it to God, and showed indirectly the Creator to those who did not abandon the natural knowledge of the wise among the Greeks.”
― Gregory Palamas, Gregory Palamas: The Triads

“If we too, brethren, wish to dwell not on earth but in heaven, and not to fall to the ground or into sin that pulls us down, but to reach out continuously towards the divine heights, let us fear God, abstain from everything evil, return to Him through good works, and strive by self-control and prayer to wipe out the evil accretions within us, to change our inner thoughts for the better, and, according to the Prophet, to be in labour with the spirit of salvation and bring it to birth, having as our helper, through invoking her name, the Virgin who was today bestowed upon her parents through prayer and a manner of life pleasing to God.”
― Gregory Palamas, Mary the Mother of God: Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas