It Is Man's Duty To Love And

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.

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.

We Each Decide Whether To Make Ourselves Learned Or Ignorant, Compassionate Or Cruel, Generous Or Miserly. No One Forces Us. No One Decides For Us, No One Drags Us Along One Path Or The Other. We Are Responsible For What We Are.

God Who Preceded All Existence Is A Refuge.

To Sum Up: I Am The Man Who When The Concern Pressed Him And His Way Was Straitened And He Could Find No Other Device By Which To Teach A Demonstrable Truth Other Than By Giving Satisfaction To A Single Virtuous Man While Displeasing Ten Thousand Ignoramuses - I Am He Who Prefers To Address That Single Man By Himself, And I Do Not Heed The Blame Of Those Many Creatures.