The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old.
MAIMONIDESInspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
More Maimonides Quotes
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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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.
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The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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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 are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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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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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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Hold firmly to your word.
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It 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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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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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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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.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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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.
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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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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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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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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 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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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.
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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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