"The wise man is he who learns from all men."

"It is a positive commandment to sanctify God's name."

"The following have no share in the world to come, but are cut off, and perish, and receive their punishment for all time for their great sin: the minim, the apiḳoresim, they that deny the belief in th…"

"their [the Turks and the blacks] nature is like the nature of mute animals, and according to my opinion they are not on the level of human beings."

"The human soul is a spiritual substance, and it is immortal."