It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
MAIMONIDESTruth 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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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge of the figures, their general ideas, and the meaning of each word they contain.
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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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What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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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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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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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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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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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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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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