In the Grip of Light Quotes

“And again, employing what is one of his most striking and original phrases, Bernard declares: ‘Today the text we are to study is the book of our own experience.’14 Bernard distinguishes clearly between, on the one hand, mere academic knowledge about God, the knowledge that we gain from books or from a lecture hall, and on the other hand, the living knowledge or wisdom that comes from faith-experience. ‘Instruction,’ he tells us, ‘makes us learned, experience makes us wise.’15”
― Paul Murray Op, In the Grip of Light: The Dark and Bright Journey of Christian Contemplation