Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
MAIMONIDESEvery man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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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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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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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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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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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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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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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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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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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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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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