Gregory Palamas: Quotes about knowledge

Gregory Palamas was Monk and archbishop. Explore interesting quotes on knowledge.

Gregory Palamas: 26 quotes0 likes

“Do you see? There exists a kind of knowledge that is without love. It does not purify the psyche in any way, but kills it, as it lacks the love that is the head, the body, and very root of all virtue.”

Gregory Palamas

Source: Holy Hesychia: The Stillness that Knows God, p. 33

“The summit of evil, the crime most natural to the devil, pride, was born of knowledge. But if this is so, how can it be possible that all the passions result from ignorance? Does knowledge purify the psyche? Paul says: Knowledge puffs up, but love builds up”

Gregory Palamas

1 Corinthians 8:1
Source: Holy Hesychia: The Stillness that Knows God, p. 33

“Thanksgiving for the benefits received from God is made acceptable by humility and not looking down on those who lack them. It is rendered unacceptable, however, by being conceited, as if those benefits resulted from our own efforts and knowledge, and by condemning those who have not received them.”

Gregory Palamas

Source: The Parables of Jesus: Sermons by Saint Gregory Palamas