I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
MAIMONIDESThere 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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Astrology is a disease, not a science. It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. Only fools and charlatans lend value to it.
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It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion this is the strongest of the reasons for circumcision.
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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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Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation.
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Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
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Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because. The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.
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It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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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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All forces that reside in the body are angels.
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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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