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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

Maimonides

The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old.
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Book Evil Greatness Grief Man Old Sick Thinking True Writing
It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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Fear God Hope Love Man Punishment Reward
Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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Action Goodness Important Purpose
Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil. With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good.
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Equality Evil Goodness Man Philosophy See View World
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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Body Doubt Health Humanity Sick Soul
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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Evil People Strength Suffering
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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Body Man Philosophy Sin
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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Body Comfortable Emotional Grief Pain
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Destroy Enemy Friendship Myself
For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Beginning Need Philosophy
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Bed Heart Listen Yourself
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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Character Lie Man Wisdom
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Charity Help Himself Man
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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Change Comfortable Experience Feeling Gratitude Happiness Help Worst
Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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Angel Mission Trust
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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Doctor Food

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.

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