The truth is akin to the spirit. Simply and sincerely expressed, truth will find the spirit. But the truth that is encircled by images, that is shaped and embellished, will remain in fantasy and imagination. Overloaded with intellectual understandings, interpretations and proofs, the truth will be detained in the intellect or in the soul, not reaching the spirit and leaving it empty. Explain the truth simply, lay bare what it is and the spirit will be conquered.
St Theophan the Recluse.
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