Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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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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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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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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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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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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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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.
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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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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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What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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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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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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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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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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