Hold firmly to your word.
MAIMONIDESEveryone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
More Maimonides Quotes
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A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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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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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
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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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All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.
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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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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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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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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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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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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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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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