Every Man Whose Character Traits All Lie

Man's Obsession To Add To His Wealth And Honor Is The Chief Source Of His Misery.

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 Permanence Of The Universe And The Continuation Of The Order Of Things, So That One Thing Departs And The Other Succeeds.

One Should See The World, And See Himself As A Scale With An Equal Balance Of Good And Evil. When He Does One Good Deed The Scale Is Tipped To The Good - He And The World Is Saved. When He Does One Evil Deed The Scale Is Tipped To The Bad - He And The World Is Destroyed.

Eliphas Never Abandoned His Belief That The Fate Of Man Is The Result Of Justice, That We Do Not Know All Our Shortcomings For Which We Are Punished, Nor The Way How We Incur The Punishment Through Them.

Those Who Believe That... Detailed Rules Originate In A Certain Cause, Are As Far From The Truth As Those Who Assume That The Whole Law Is Useless.