“There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.”

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.

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.

Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.

Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.

A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.

Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.

It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.

For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.

For it is said, You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him, that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.

Astrology is a disease, not a science. It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.

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.

Hold firmly to your word.

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.

Man’s shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.

Finally, get involved in something that’s meaningful to you—a hobby, a charity, a political cause.

The best philanthropy is constantly in search of the finalities-a search for a cause, an attempt to cure evils at their source.

I was trained from the beginning to work, to save. I have always regarded it a as a religious duty to get all I could honorably and to give all I could.

Charity puts and end to poverty; righteous conduct to misery; discretion to ignorance; and scrutiny to fear.

With charity, money is purified. By service, our actions are purified. With music, our emotions are purified and with knowledge our intellect is purified.

Charity is injurious unless it helps the recipient to become independent of it.

Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.