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He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.

Maimonides

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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Believe Existence Man Philosophy
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Bed Heart Listen Yourself
Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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One Liner Truth
God cannot be compared to anything.
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God One Liner
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Greatness Truth
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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Doctor Food
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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Death Evil Existence Leaving Reality Success
Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.
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Body Comfortable Emotional Grief Pain
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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Avoid Beginning Philosophy Simplicity Talk
Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
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Angel Mission Trust
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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Evil People Strength Suffering
All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.
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Belief Desire End Evil God Hate Ignorance Knowledge Man Religious
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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Change Character Doubt God Intellectual Knowledge Law Man Mindset Ourselves Present Principle Result Support
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
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Charity Help Himself Man
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Destroy Enemy Friendship Myself

He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.

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