All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
MAIMONIDESThe goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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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 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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There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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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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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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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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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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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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What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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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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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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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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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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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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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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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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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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