A Wise Man Is A Greater Asset

The Corporeal Element In Man Is A Large Screen And Partition That Prevents Him From Perfectly Perceiving Abstract Ideals; This Would Be The Case Even If The Corporeal Element Were As Pure And Superior As The Substance Of The Spheres ; How Much More Must This Be The Case With Our Dark And Opaque Body. However Great The Exertion Of Our Mind May Be To Comprehend The Divine Being Or Any Of The Ideals, We Find A Screen And Partition Between God And Us.

There Is No Difference Between The Worry Of A Human Mother And An Animal Mother For Their Offspring. A Mother's Love Does Not Derive From The Intellect But From The Emotions, In Animals Just As In Humans.

This Must Be Our Belief When We Have A Correct Knowledge Of Our Own Self, And Comprehend The True Nature Of Everything; We Must Be Content, And Not Trouble Our Mind With Seeking A Certain Final Cause For Things That Have None, Or Have No Other Final Cause But Their Own Existence, Which Depends On The Will Of God, Or, If You Prefer, On The Divine Wisdom.

He Who Does Not Understand That A Dead Lion Is More Alive Than A Living Dog Will Remain A Dog.

There Are Four Different Theories Concerning Divine Providence; They Are All Ancient, Known From The Time Of The Prophets, When The True Law Was Revealed To Enlighten These Dark Regions.