Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
MAIMONIDESCommune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
MAIMONIDESIt is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
MAIMONIDESNobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
MAIMONIDESEven the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is likewise good for the permanence of the Universe and the continuation of the order of things, so that one thing departs and the other succeeds.
MAIMONIDESMan’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.
MAIMONIDESIt 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.
MAIMONIDESInspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
MAIMONIDESA truth does not become greater by repetition.
MAIMONIDESDo not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
MAIMONIDESThe 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.
MAIMONIDESMan’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
MAIMONIDESActions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
MAIMONIDESConsequently 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.
MAIMONIDESIn finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
MAIMONIDESThe knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form.
MAIMONIDESEvery man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil. With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good.
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