All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
MAIMONIDESIf 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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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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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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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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Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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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.
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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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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 goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good – he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad – he and the world is destroyed.
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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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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