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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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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
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
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
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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Gift Hands Inspirational Practice Understand
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
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
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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Food Himself Man Philosophy Teaching Yourself
What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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Kindness Language Word
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Bed Heart Listen Yourself
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
MAIMONIDES

Acceptance Blessing Generosity
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
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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Believe Existence Man Philosophy
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Decision Deep Risk Wrong
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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Book Evidence Lie Writing
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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One Liner Silence Wisdom

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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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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