Si vis profectum haurire lege humiliter, simpliciter, et fideliter nec unquam velis habere nomen scientiæ. Interroga libenter, et audi tacens Sanctorum verba, nec displiceant tibi parabolæ Seniorum sine cause enim non proferuntur.
If you wish to derive profit [from the Scriptures], read with humility, candor, and faith, and never seek to have a scholar's reputation. Inquire willingly, and listen to the words of the saints; let not the parables of the ancients be displeasing to you, for they were not uttered without good reason.
Thomas à Kempis, De imitatione Christi, I. V. 2
If you wish to derive profit [from the Scriptures], read with humility, candor, and faith, and never seek to have a scholar's reputation. Inquire willingly, and listen to the words of the saints; let not the parables of the ancients be displeasing to you, for they were not uttered without good reason.
Thomas à Kempis, De imitatione Christi, I. V. 2
