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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.

Maimonides

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Decision Deep Risk Wrong
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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Easy Live Necessary
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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Body Doubt Health Humanity Sick Soul
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.
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Book Evil Greatness Grief Man Old Sick Thinking True Writing
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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Desire God Ideas Knowledge Man Passion
What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.
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Kindness Language Word
All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
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Act God Himself Quality
Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us.
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Difficult Imagination Problem Understand
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.
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Greatness Nation Rule Wisdom Worth
Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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Acceptance Misery Money Yourself
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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Better Death Guilty Oneself Person Satisfaction
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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Art Human Inspirational Love Myself See Suffering
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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Community Fall Live Need Strength Yourself
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary.
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Nature Necessary Purpose
The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God’s knowledge of future events does not change their character. The great doubt that presents itself to our mind is the result of the insufficiency of our intellect.
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Change Character Doubt God Intellectual Knowledge Law Man Mindset Ourselves Present Principle Result Support

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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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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