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.
MAIMONIDESAnticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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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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The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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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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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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The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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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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Hold firmly to your word.
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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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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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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