The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old.
MAIMONIDESAll attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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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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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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Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.
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Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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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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Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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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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There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother’s love does not derive from the intellect but from the emotions, in animals just as in humans.
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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.
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God cannot be compared to anything.
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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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