Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
MAIMONIDESA wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
More Maimonides Quotes
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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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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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Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because. The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.
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The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.
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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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There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.
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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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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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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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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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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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