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.
MAIMONIDESAstrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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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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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 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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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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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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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both, undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.
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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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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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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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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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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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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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What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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