“Your Creator has honored you above all other
creatures. He did not make the heavens in His image, nor the moon, the sun, the
beauty of the stars, nor anything else which you can see in the created
universe. You alone are made in the likeness of that nature which surpasses all
understanding; you alone are a similitude of eternal beauty, a receptacle of
happiness, an image of the true Light; and if you look up to Him, you will
become what He is, imitating Him Who shines within you, Whose glory is reflected
in your purity. Nothing in all creation can equal your grandeur.”
– Gregory of
Nyssa, Know Thyself