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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.

Maimonides

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
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Philosophy Purpose Yourself
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Greatness Truth
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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Acceptance Blessing Generosity
Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation.
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Gift Hands Inspirational Practice Understand
Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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Action Goodness Important Purpose
It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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Fear God Hope Love Man Punishment Reward
What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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Kindness Language Word
Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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Angel Mission Trust
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
In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
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Avoid Beginning Philosophy Simplicity Talk
God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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Existence God Home
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Angel Body Force Self Love
Every 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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Equality Evil Goodness Man Philosophy See View World

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