The Soul, When Accustomed To Superfluous Things,

The Risk Of A Wrong Decision Is Preferable To The Terror Of Indecision.

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.

A Truth Does Not Become Greater By Repetition.

You Will See The Mercy Of God Toward His Creatures, How He Has Provided That Which Is Required, In Proper Proportions, And Treated All Individual Beings Of The Same Species With Perfect Equality. ...for It Is An Act Of Great And Perfect Goodness That He Gave Us Existence; And The Creation Of The Controlling Faculty In Animals Is A Proof Of His Mercy Towards Them, As Has Been Shown By Us.

The Strange And Wonderful Book Of Job Treats Of The Same Subject As We Are Discussing; Its Contents Are A Fiction, Conceived For The Purpose Of Explaining The Different Opinions Which People Hold On Divine Providence. ...this Fiction, However, Is In So Far Different From Other Fictions That It Includes Profound Ideas And Great Mysteries, Removes Great Doubts, And Reveals The Most Important Truths. I Will Discuss It As Fully As Possible; And I Will Also Tell You The Words Of Our Sages That Suggested To Me The Explanation Of This Great Poem.