Consciousness Evolution: From Atavistic Wisdom to Inner Freedom

I know well that some have attained sublime holiness without education, but I also know that education has not excluded any of them... If I am to tell you my true opinion, it is this: the path to virtue through ignorance may be straight, but it is cowardly. All good people have only one goal, but many paths lead there, and those who walk together are very different from one another: one walks more slowly, another more quickly, one in secret, another in full view of all, one humbly bowed, another exalted. All journeys are blessed, but the most glorious is one that takes place freely and openly before the eyes of all. Knowledge that has struggled its way to faith is far better than simplicity, however holy it may be, and none of the fools who have ever entered the kingdom of heaven stands as high as a knowledgeable person who has attained the crown of bliss."