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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.

Maimonides

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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Doctor Food Goodness Help Light Religion Wine
Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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One Liner Silence Wisdom
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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Doctor Sick Suffering
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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Destroy Equality Evil Goodness Himself Oneself World
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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Human Limitation Reason Religious Stop
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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Knowledge Understand Word
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Angel Body Force Self Love
For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Beginning Need Philosophy
Hold firmly to your word.
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One Liner Word Yourself
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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Change Comfortable Experience Feeling Gratitude Happiness Help Worst
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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Disease Fools Science Sick Tree Value
Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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Angel Mission Trust
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Bed Heart Listen Yourself
If 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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Body Himself Person Power Reflection Respect
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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God Himself Knowledge Philosophy Religious

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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