All forces that reside in the body are angels.
MAIMONIDESAstrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is likewise good for the permanence of the Universe and the continuation of the order of things, so that one thing departs and the other succeeds.
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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.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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There are eight levels of charity. The highest is when you strengthen a man’s hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.
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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.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.
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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion this is the strongest of the reasons for circumcision.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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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.
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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because. The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.
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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.
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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both, undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.
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