Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
MAIMONIDESAstrology 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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What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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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.
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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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God cannot be compared to anything.
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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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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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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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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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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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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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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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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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A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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