A person who knows all that is good and all that is true - as much as can be known - but does not resist evils, knows nothing. (Emanuel Swedenborg)

A person who knows all that is good and all that is true - as much as can be known - but does not resist evils, knows nothing.

Emanuel Swedenborg

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