“Just as the thought of fire does not warm the body, so faith without love does not actualize the light of spiritual knowledge in the soul.
Just as the light of the sun attracts a healthy eye, so through love knowledge of God naturally draws to itself the pure intellect.”
+ St. Maximos the Confessor, Four Hundred Texts on Love 1.31-32, The Philokalia: The Complete Text (Vol. 2)
