For That Which Is Without A Beginning,

The Great Sickness And The Grievous Evil Consist In This: That All The Things That Man Finds Written In Books, He Presumes To Think Of As True-and All The More So If The Books Are Old.

Truth Does Not Become More True By Virtue Of The Fact That The Entire World Agrees With It, Nor Less So Even If The Whole World Disagrees With It.

In Accordance With The Divine Wisdom, Genesis Can Only Take Place Through Destruction, And Without Destruction Of The Individual Members Of The Species The Species Themselves Would Not Exist Permanently. Thus The True Kindness, And Beneficence, And Goodness Of God Is Clear.

Know That For The Human Mind There Are Certain Objects Of Perception Which Are Within The Scope Of Its Nature And Capacity; On The Other Hand, There Are, Amongst Things Which Actually Exist, Certain Objects Which The Mind Can In No Way And By No Means Grasp: The Gates Of Perception Are Closed Against It.

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.