The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is….

Your purpose...should always be to know...the whole that was intended to be known..

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends..

God who preceded all existence is a refuge..

We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the sign of a ….

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade o….

The first kind of evil is that which is caused to man by the circumstance that he is subject to genesis and destruction, or that he possesses a body..

The true work of God is all good, since it is existence..

Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel..

Every ignoramus imagines that all that exists, exists with a view to his individual sake; it is as if there were nothing that exists except him. And ….

Know that the difficulties which lead to confusion in the question what is the purpose of the Universe or of any of its parts, arise from two causes:….

Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is likewise good for the perm….

The generation of Isaiah did not require the detailed description; his account, "I saw the Lord," &c., sufficed. The generation of the Babylonian exi….

For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought..

It is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not imagine that the whole universe exists only for him..

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress..

Astrology is not an art, it is a disease..

If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard of saintliness..

WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by "faith" we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the lips, but also that which i….

We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one decides for us, n….

The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, a….