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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

God cannot be compared to anything.
MAIMONIDES

God One Liner
Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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Acceptance Misery Money Yourself
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
MAIMONIDES

Better Death Guilty Oneself Person Satisfaction
In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Generous Yourself
The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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Himself Man View Youth
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old.
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Book Evil Greatness Grief Man Old Sick Thinking True Writing
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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Doctor Sick Suffering
Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
MAIMONIDES

Science Sick Tree
Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
MAIMONIDES

Art Human Inspirational Love Myself See Suffering
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.
MAIMONIDES

Fight Hate Injury Knowledge Man Relationship Truth Wisdom
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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Body Comfortable Emotional Grief Pain
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Character Lie Man Wisdom
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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Community Fall Live Need Strength Yourself
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
MAIMONIDES

Acceptance Blessing Generosity
For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
MAIMONIDES

Beginning Need Philosophy

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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