Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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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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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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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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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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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Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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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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What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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Astrology is a disease, not a science. It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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God cannot be compared to anything.
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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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There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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