Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all evils, is likewise good for the permanence of the Universe and the continuation of the order of things, so that one thing departs and the other succeeds.
MAIMONIDESThe 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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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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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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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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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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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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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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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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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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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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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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Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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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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There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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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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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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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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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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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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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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