Maimonides on acceptance
Maimonides71 quotes“Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.”
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MaimonidesMaimonides Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.
MaimonidesMaimonides It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.
MaimonidesMaimonides For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought.
MaimonidesMaimonides For it is said, You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him, that is to say, strengthen him until he needs no longer fall upon the mercy of the community or be in need.
MaimonidesMaimonides 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.
MaimonidesMaimonides 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.
MaimonidesMaimonides A truth does not become greater by repetition.
MaimonidesMaimonides Hold firmly to your word.
MaimonidesMaimonides The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form.
MaimonidesMaimonides Man’s shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.
MaimonidesMaimonides Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
MaimonidesMaimonides 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.
MaimonidesMaimonides 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.
MaimonidesMaimonides There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
MaimonidesMaimonides Astrology is a sickness, not a science. It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
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