I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
MAIMONIDESGod 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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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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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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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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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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Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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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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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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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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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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The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form.
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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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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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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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