Work And Understanding

Μὴ λέγε· οὐκ ἐπίσταμαι τὸ δέον καὶ ἀναίτιος εἰμι μὴ ποιῶν αὐτό. Εἰ γὰρ ἐποίεις καλὰ ὅσα ἐπίστασαι, καὶ τὰ λοιπά σοι ἀκολούθως ἀπεκαλύπτετο, οἰκείῳ τρόπῳ ἕν δι' ἐνος κατανοούμενα Ἅγιος Μάρκος ὁ Ἐρημίτης, Περὶ Νόμου Πνευματικοῦ Migne PG 65.916b

Do not say that you do not know what is needful and you are blameless in doing nothing. For if you did good insofar as you understood it, so the rest would be revealed to you. One thing from one thing in its place being understood. Saint Mark The Ascetic, On The Spiritual Law.