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.
MAIMONIDESThose 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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It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion this is the strongest of the reasons for circumcision.
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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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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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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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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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Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
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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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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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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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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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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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