There are eight levels of charity. The highest is when you strengthen a man’s hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.
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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Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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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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In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
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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 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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Teach thy tongue to say ‘I do not know,’ and thou shalt progress.
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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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Hold firmly to your word.
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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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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Man’s shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.
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A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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