Letter 111 (382)
THE FATHERS SPEAK
GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS TO EUGENIOS.
LETTER 111 (382)
Fasting without measure is your philosophy, Mine is the discipline of silence. Let us exchange OUf particular gifts, and when we meet together, we shaH sing to God, offering to Him the fruit of an eloquent silence, as well as of godly words.
GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS TO BASIL, LETTER 245
(written before January 1, 379, Basil's death) For you he is a mime, for me a pious man. He asked me to write, that he may be liberally received and given audience by you.
GREGORY OF NAZIANZUS TO KELEUSIOS, A CITY OFFICIAL,
LETTER 114 (382)
Since you blame my mutism and my boorishness, you who are talkative and urbane, allow me to tell you a fable which is by no means meaningless, so that I may find out whether I am able to check your idle talking: The swallows reproached the swans for their unwillingness to associate with men or to let their song be heard in public, to live in the meadows, on the banks of rivers; to delight in solitude,