To know goodness is not sufficient to reach blessedness if one does not put goodness into practice with works. Piety towards God is actually the beginning of knowledge. Didymus the Blind (circa 313 – 398)

To know goodness is not sufficient to reach blessedness if one does not put goodness into practice with works. Piety towards God is actually the beginning of knowledge. Didymus the Blind (circa 313 – 398)
The well-cultivated soul has the Logos as its King. Didymus the Blind (circa 313 – 398)
Wisdom is needed to recognize a wise person, the sort of wisdom that illuminates the face of the inner person. Didymus the Blind (circa 313 – 398)
Wisdom of a person makes the face shine, but not the face of the body, not a part of the flesh, but the face of the inner person. The face of the inner person is illuminated by wisdom. But wisdom, light, Logos, truth and the other conceptions are identical when applied to Christ. Didymus the Blind (circa 313 – 398)
The perception of the sun by an astronomer and by a scientist is far inferior to the seeing of the invisible God and it is inferior to the knowledge that comes from God. Didymus the Blind (circa 313 – 398)