He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.

God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.

You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to which physical perception is subject.

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.

Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.

Work before eating, rest after eating. Eat not ravenously, filling the mouth gulp after gulp without breathing space.

Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil.... With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good.