Saying 67: Knowing All but Lacking Oneself
Whoever knows everything but is lacking in themselves lacks everything.
Commentary
The counterweight to a book that makes knowledge the road to life. Knowledge that stops short of the self is worth nothing at all.
Parallels
1 Corinthians 13:2
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