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.
MAIMONIDESA truth does not become greater by repetition.
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A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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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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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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God cannot be compared to anything.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Do 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.
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The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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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.
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Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
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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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The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
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Even 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.
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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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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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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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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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The 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.
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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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Hold firmly to your word.
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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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