There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
MAIMONIDESGiving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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Astrology is a disease, not a science. It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.
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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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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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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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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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God cannot be compared to anything.
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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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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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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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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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