The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
MAIMONIDESWhat is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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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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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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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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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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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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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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God cannot be compared to anything.
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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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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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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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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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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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Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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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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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.
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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good – he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad – he and the world is destroyed.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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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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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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A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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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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Hold firmly to your word.
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