Thomas a Kempis

"What good does it do to speak learnedly about the Trinity if lacking humility you displease the Trinity? Indeed it is not learning that makes one holy and just, but a virtuous life that makes one pleasing to God. I would rather feel contrition than know how to define it. What would it profit us to know the whole Bible by heart and the principles of all the philosophers if we live without grace and the love of God? Vanities of vanities, all is vanity except to have God and to serve Him alone."