For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
MAIMONIDESThe physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
More Maimonides Quotes
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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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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Hold firmly to your word.
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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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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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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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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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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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I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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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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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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Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because. The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.
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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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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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