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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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Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil. With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good.
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Equality Evil Goodness Man Philosophy See View World
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
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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Bed Heart Listen Yourself
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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Food Himself Man Philosophy Teaching Yourself
Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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Difficult Imagination Problem Understand
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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Education Himself Human Logic Mathematics Perfection
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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Doctor Sick Suffering
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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Doctor Food Goodness Help Light Religion Wine
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
God cannot be compared to anything.
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God One Liner
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Greatness Truth
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Decision Deep Risk Wrong
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
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
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good – he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad – he and the world is destroyed.
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Destroy Equality Evil Goodness Himself Oneself World
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

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

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