You Must Accept The Truth From Whatever

The Second Class Of Evils Comprises Such Evils As People Cause To Each Other, When, E.g. , Some Of Them Use Their Strength Against Others. These Evils Are More Numerous Than Those Of The First Kind... They Likewise Originate In Ourselves, Though The Sufferer Himself Cannot Avert 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.

Let Nothing Which Can Be Treated By Diet Be Treated By Other Means.

The People Who Are Abroad Are All Those That Have No Religion, Neither One Based On Speculation Nor One Received By Tradition. Such Are The Extreme Turks That Wander About In The North, The Kushites Who Live In The South, And Those In Our Country Who Are Like These. I Consider These As Irrational Beings, And Not As Human Beings; They Are Below Mankind, But Above Monkeys, Since They Have The Form And Shape Of Man, And A Mental Faculty Above That Of The Monkey.

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.