"He who has not yet attained divine knowledge……" — Maximus the Confessor

"He who has not yet attained divine knowledge energized by love is proud of his spiritual progress. But he who has been granted such knowledge repeats with deep conviction the words uttered by the patriarch Abraham when he was granted the manifestation of God: 'I am dust and ashes' (Gen. 18:27)."

Maximus the Confessor

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