Actions Are Divided As Regards Their Object

An Ignorant Man Believes That The Whole Universe Only Exists For Him: As If Nothing Else Required Any Consideration. If, Therefore, Anything Happens To Him Contrary To His Expectation, He At Once Concludes That The Whole Universe Is Evil. If, However, He Would Take Into Consideration The Whole Universe, Form An Idea Of It, And Comprehend What A Small Portion He Is Of The Universe, He Will Find The Truth. There Are Many ... Passages In The Books Of The Prophets Expressing The Same Idea.

Man's Shortcomings And Sins Are All Due To The Substance Of The Body And Not To Its Form; While All His Merits Are Exclusively Due To His Form.

Those Who Grieve Find Comfort In Weeping And In Arousing Their Sorrow Until The Body Is Too Tired To Bear The Inner Emotions.

The Great Sickness And The Grievous Evil Consist In This: That All The Things That Man Finds Written In Books, He Presumes To Think Of As True-and All The More So If The Books Are Old.

If One Avoids Haughtiness To The Utmost Extent And Is Exceedingly Humble, He Is Termed A Saint, And This Is The Standard Of Saintliness.