Man's Obsession To Add To His Wealth

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.

The Same Is The Case With Those Opinions Of Man To Which He Has Been Accustomed From His Youth; He Likes Them, Defends Them, And Shuns The Opposite Views.

The Generation Of Isaiah Did Not Require The Detailed Description; His Account, "i Saw The Lord," &c., Sufficed. The Generation Of The Babylonian Exile Wanted To Learn All The Details. ...isaiah Was So Familiar With It That He Did Not Consider It Necessary To Communicate It To Others As A New Thing, Especially As It Was Well Known To The Intelligent.

The More Necessary A Thing Is For Living Beings, The More Easily It Is Found And The Cheaper It Is; The Less Necessary It Is, The Rarer And Dearer It Is.

The Key To The Understanding And To The Full Comprehension Of All That The Prophets Have Said Is Found In The Knowledge Of The Figures, Their General Ideas, And The Meaning Of Each Word They Contain.