All Forces That Reside In The Body

The Soul Is Subject To Health And Disease, Just As Is The Body. The Health And Disease Of Both . . . Undoubtedly Depend Upon Beliefs And Customs, Which Are Peculiar To Mankind.

It Is No Wrong Or Injustice That One Has Many Bags Of The Finest Myrrh And Garments Embroidered With Gold, While Another Has Not Those Things, Which Are Not Necessary For Our Maintenance; He Who Has Them Has Not Thereby Obtained Control Over Anything That Could Be An Essential Addition To His Nature, But Has Only Obtained Something Illusory Or Deceptive. ...this Is The Rule At All Times And In All Places; No Notice Should Be Taken Of Exceptional Cases, As We Have Explained.

It Is Not Unreasonable To Assume That The Works Of God, Their Existence And Preceding Non-existence, Are The Result Of His Wisdom, But We Are Unable To Understand Many Of The Ways Of His Wisdom In His Works. On This Principle The Whole Law Of Moses Is Based; It Begins With This Principle: "and God Saw All That He Had Made, And Behold, It Was Very Good" (gen. I. 31); And It Ends With This Principle: "the Rock, Perfect Is His Work" (deut. Xxxii. 4). Note It.

Astrology Is A Sickness, Not A Science ... It Is A Tree Under The Shade Of Which All Sorts Of Superstitions Thrive.

Giving Is Most Blessed And Most Acceptable When The Donor Remains Completely Anonymous.