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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.

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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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Acceptance Blessing Generosity
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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Body Man Philosophy Sin
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
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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Desire God Ideas Knowledge Man Passion
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
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
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Destroy Enemy Friendship Myself
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
Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.
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Philosophy Truth Virtue World
Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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Art One Liner Sick
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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Disease Fools Science Sick Tree Value
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Decision Deep Risk Wrong
Hold firmly to your word.
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One Liner Word Yourself
Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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Improvement Myself Progress Teaching
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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Doctor Sick Suffering
God cannot be compared to anything.
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God One Liner
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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Human Limitation Reason Religious Stop
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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Believe Blessing Faith Myself Perfection
God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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Existence God Home
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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Change Character Doubt God Intellectual Knowledge Law Man Mindset Ourselves Present Principle Result Support
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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Doctor Food
The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both, undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.
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Body Doubt Health Humanity Sick Soul
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Character Lie Man Wisdom
In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Generous Yourself
There are eight levels of charity. The highest is when you strengthen a man’s hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.
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Charity Hands Man Strength

For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.

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