Let Nothing Which Can Be

You Must Consider, When Reading This Treatise, That Mental Perception, Because Connected With Matter, Is Subject To Conditions Similar To Those To Which Physical Perception Is Subject.

While One Man Can Discover A Certain Thing By Himself, Another Is Never Able To Understand It, Even If Taught By Means Of All Possible Expressions And Metaphors, And During A Long Period; His Mind Can In No Way Grasp It, His Capacity Is Insufficient For It.

God Cannot Be Compared To Anything. Note This.

The Key To The Understanding And To The Full Comprehension Of All That The Prophets Have Said Is Found In The Knowledge Of The Figures, Their General Ideas, And The Meaning Of Each Word They Contain.

Man's Obsession To Add To His Wealth And Honor Is The Chief Source Of His Misery.