May 31st, 2026

Various Quotes from the Nag Hammadi Scriptures 

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**Gospel of Truth**

"But ignorance of the father brought terror and fear, and terror grew dense like a fog, so that no one could see."

"Deficiency of matter is not from the infinity of the father… It is something that has fallen, and something that can readily be set upright through the discovery of the one who has come to what he would restore."

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**Gospel of Thomas**

"Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed."

"When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you dwell in poverty and you are poverty."

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**Gospel of Philip**

"People cannot see anything that really is without becoming like it."

"In this world there is good and evil, but the good of the world is not really good and the evil of the world is not really evil. After this world there is evil that is really evil: this is called the middle. The middle is death."

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**Secret Book of John / Eugnostos**

"The One is the invisible spirit. We should not think of it as a god or like a god. For it is greater than a god, because it has nothing over it and no lord above it."

"Receiving knowledge means truly to come into being, to be manifested, whereas those who remain in error do not really exist at all."

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**Book of Thomas**

"One who does not understand how the body that a person wears came to be will perish with it. How will someone who does not know the son know the father? All things are hidden from one who does not know the root of all things."

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**Gospel of Mary**

"Matter gave birth to passion that is without form, because it comes from what is contrary to nature… That is why I told you, be of good courage. And if you are discouraged, be encouraged in the presence of the diversity of forms of nature."

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**Trimorphic Protennoia / Sethian liturgical tradition**

"Steady the feet of those who stumble and extend your hands to the sick. Feed the hungry and give rest to the weary. Awaken those who wish to arise and rouse those who sleep, for you embody vigorous understanding. If what is strong acts like this, it becomes even stronger."

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