Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
MAIMONIDESTeach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
MAIMONIDESFor 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.
MAIMONIDESThe whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.
MAIMONIDESDo 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.
MAIMONIDESFor that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
MAIMONIDESThose who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.
MAIMONIDESIn finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
MAIMONIDESThe more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.
MAIMONIDESMan’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.
MAIMONIDESI will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
MAIMONIDESIt is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
MAIMONIDESEveryone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
MAIMONIDESEvery man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
MAIMONIDESA truth does not become greater by repetition.
MAIMONIDESDo not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
MAIMONIDESIt 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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