I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
MAIMONIDESThe 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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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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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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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 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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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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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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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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Hold firmly to your word.
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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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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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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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God cannot be compared to anything.
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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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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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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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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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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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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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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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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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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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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.
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others, for the knowledge of the truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.
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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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