Let Nothing Which Can Be Treated By

God Is Identical With His Attributes, So That It May Be Said That He Is The Knowledge, The Knower, And The Known.

Inspire Me With Love For My Art And For Thy Creatures. In The Sufferer Let Me See Only The Human Being.

When Reading My Present Treatise, Bear In Mind That By "faith" We Do Not Understand Merely That Which Is Uttered With The Lips, But Also That Which Is Apprehended By The Soul, The Conviction That The Object [of Belief] Is Exactly As It Is Apprehended. If, As Regards Real Or Supposed Truths, You Content Yourself With Giving Utterance To Them In Words, Without Apprehending Them Or Believing In Them, Especially If You Do Not Seek Real Truth, You Have A Very Easy Task As, In Fact, You Will Find Many Ignorant People Professing Articles Of Faith Without Connecting Any Idea With Them.

He Who Immerses Himself In Sexual Intercourse Will Be Assailed By Premature Aging, His Strength Will Wane, His Eyes Will Weaken, And A Bad Odour Will Emit From His Mouth And His Armpits, His Teeth Will Fall Out And Many Other Maladies Will Afflict Him.

For The Elements Have The Property Of Moving Back To Their Place In A Straight Line, But They Have No Properties Which Would Cause Them To Remain Where They Are, Or To Move Otherwise Than In A Straight Line. The Rectilinear Motions Of These Four Elements When Returning To Their Original Place Are Of Two Kinds, Either Centrifugal, Viz., The Motion Of The Air And The Fire; Or Centripedal, Viz., The Motion Of The Earth, And The Water; And When The Elements Have Reached Their Original Place, They Remain At Rest.