We frequently hear men say that they do not attach much importance to doctrine; they concentrate attention on the living of a good life. Such sentiment only emanates from a very shallow brain. It is as if a child should enter a garden, and seeing the gardener planting bulbs, should say, “I do not care for those ugly bulbs — I like the beautiful flowers.” The living of a good life without a foundation of good doctrine is impossible, just as it impossible to grow flowers without roots.
The Origin of the Organic World – Part One