It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
MAIMONIDESWhat is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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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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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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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others, for the knowledge of the truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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The 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.
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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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Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
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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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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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In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
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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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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form.
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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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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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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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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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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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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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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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There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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