All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
MAIMONIDESIt is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e., Wine. It contains much good and light nourishment. It is rapidly digested and helps to digest other foods.
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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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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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Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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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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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.
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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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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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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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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.
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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.
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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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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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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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All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.
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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.
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
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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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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
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