No Form Remains Permanently In

If Men Possessed Wisdom, Which Stands In The Same Relation To The Form Of Man As The Sight To The Eye, They Would Not Cause Any Injury To Themselves Or To Others, For The Knowledge Of The Truth Removes Hatred And Quarrels, And Prevents Mutual Injuries.

Truth Does Not Become More True By Virtue Of The Fact That The Entire World Agrees With It, Nor Less So Even If The Whole World Disagrees With It.

Even When A Person Suffers Pain In Consequence Of A Thorn Having Entered Into His Hand, Although It Is At Once Drawn Out, It Is A Punishment That Has Been Inflicted On Him, And The Least Pleasure He Enjoys Is A Reward; All This Is Meted Out By Strict Justice; As Is Said In The Scripture, "all His Ways Are Judgement" (deut. Xxxii. 4); We Are Only Ignorant Of The Working Of That Judgement.

The Soul, When Accustomed To Superfluous Things, Acquires A Strong Habit Of Desiring Things Which Are Neither Necessary For The Preservation Of The Individual Nor For That Of The Species. This Desire Is Without Limit, Whilst Those Which Are Necessary Are Few In Number And Restricted Within Certain Limits; But What Is Superfluous Is Without End.

The Question, "what Is The Purpose Thereof?" Cannot Be Asked About Anything Which Is Not The Product Of An Agent; Therefore We Cannot Ask What Is The Purpose Of The Existence Of God.