What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
MAIMONIDESFor 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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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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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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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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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.
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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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It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.
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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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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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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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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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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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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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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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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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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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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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