I Will Destroy My Enemies By Converting

The Knowledge Of God, The Formation Of Ideas, The Mastery Of Desire And Passion, The Distinction Between That Which Is To Be Chosen And That Which Is To Be Rejected, All These Man Owes To His Form.

When I Have A Difficult Subject Before Me - When I Find The Road Narrow, And Can See No Other Way Of Teaching A Well Established Truth Except By Pleasing One Intelligent Man And Displeasing Ten Thousand Fools - I Prefer To Address Myself To The One Man, And To Take No Notice Whatever Of The Condemnation Of The Multitude; I Prefer To Extricate That Intelligent Man From His Embarrassment And Show Him The Cause Of His Perplexity, So That He May Attain Perfection And Be At Peace.

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.

For That Which Is Without A Beginning, A Final Cause Need Not Be Sought.

The Fact That Laws Were Given To Man, Both Affirmative And Negative, Supports The Principle, That God's Knowledge Of Future Events Does Not Change Their Character. The Great Doubt That Presents Itself To Our Mind Is The Result Of The Insufficiency Of Our Intellect.