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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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God cannot be compared to anything.
MAIMONIDES

God One Liner
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others, for the knowledge of the truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
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Fight Hate Injury Knowledge Man Relationship Truth Wisdom
It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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Fear God Hope Love Man Punishment Reward
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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God Himself Knowledge Philosophy Religious
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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Destroy Enemy Friendship Myself
Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Philosophy Purpose Yourself
All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Act God Himself Quality
In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
MAIMONIDES

Avoid Beginning Philosophy Simplicity Talk
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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Doctor Sick Suffering
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.
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Charity Hands Man Strength
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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Angel Body Force Self Love
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
MAIMONIDES

Food Himself Man Philosophy Teaching Yourself
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.
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Believe Blessing Faith Myself Perfection
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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Lose Right Truth Wrong
Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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Acceptance Misery Money Yourself
What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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Kindness Language Word

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

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