Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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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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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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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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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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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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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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind. They likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.
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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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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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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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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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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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