God cannot be compared to anything.
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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.
MaimonidesMaimonides A truth does not become greater by repetition.
MaimonidesMaimonides Hold firmly to your word.
MaimonidesMaimonides 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.
MaimonidesMaimonides 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.
MaimonidesMaimonides Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
MaimonidesMaimonides 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.
MaimonidesMaimonides Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
MaimonidesMaimonides There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
MaimonidesMaimonides Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
MaimonidesMaimonides In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
MaimonidesMaimonides Hear the truth from whomever says it.
MaimonidesMaimonides 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.
MaimonidesMaimonides Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
MaimonidesMaimonides Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
MaimonidesMaimonides The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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