If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others, for the knowledge of the truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries.
MAIMONIDESThere 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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The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both, undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.
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Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless, unimportant, or vain, or good.
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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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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.
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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.
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There 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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All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Hear the truth from whomever says it.
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In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect.
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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.
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Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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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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