Teach Thy Tongue To Say 'i Do

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.

If One Avoids Haughtiness To The Utmost Extent And Is Exceedingly Humble, He Is Termed A Saint, And This Is The Standard Of Saintliness.

Every Ignoramus Imagines That All That Exists, Exists With A View To His Individual Sake; It Is As If There Were Nothing That Exists Except Him. And If Something Happens To Him That Is Contrary To What He Wishes, He Makes The Trenchant Judgement That All That Exists Is An Evil.

Further, There Are Things Of Which The Mind Understands One Part, But Remains Ignorant Of The Other; And When Man Is Able To Comprehend Certain Things, It Does Not Follow That He Must Be Able To Comprehend Everything.

In Finances, Be Strict With Yourself, Generous With Others.