Hear the truth from whomever says it.
MAIMONIDESInspire 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 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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Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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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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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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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 cannot be compared to anything.
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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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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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Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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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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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 wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind. They likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
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For 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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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others, for the knowledge of the truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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Hold firmly to your word.
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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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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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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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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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