It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.
MAIMONIDESHear the truth from whomever says it.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics.
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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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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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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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Man’s shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.
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