Prayer and theology are inseparable. True theology is the adoration offered by the intellect. The intellect clarifies the movement of prayer, but only prayer can give it the fervour of the Spirit. Theology is light, prayer is fire. Their union expresses the union of the intellect and the heart. But it is the intellect that must 'repose' in the heart, and theology must transcend it in love.
OLIVIER CLÉMENT The Roots of Christian Mysticism
If you are a theologian you will pray truly; and if you pray truly you are a theologian.
EVAGRIUS OF PONTUS On Prayer, 61 (Philokalia I, 182)
