Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
MAIMONIDESI 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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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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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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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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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 goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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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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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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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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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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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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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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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 better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
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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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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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