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.
MAIMONIDESAll 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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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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For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
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Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man.
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A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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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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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.
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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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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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Hold firmly to your word.
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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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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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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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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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