Wisdom And Knowledge

Μακρόθυμος ἀνὴρ, πολὺς ἐν φρονήσει· ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ λόγοις σοφίας παραβάλλων τὸ οὗς αὐτοῦ. Χωρὶς μνήμης Θεοῦ, γνῶσις ἀληθὴς εἶναι οὐ δύναται· ἐκτὸς γὰρ τῆς προτέρας, ἡ δευτέρα νόθος ὑπάρχει. Ἅγιος Μάρκος ὁ Ἐρημίτης, Περὶ Νόμου Πνευματικοῦ Source: Migne PG 65.924b

The long suffering man is a man of much thoughts and likewise with the one whose ear receives the words of wisdom. Without mindfulness of God, true knowledge is impossible, for without the former the latter is spurious Saint Mark The Ascetic, On The Spiritual Law.