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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.

Maimonides

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

Knowledge Understand Word
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.
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Belief Desire End Evil God Hate Ignorance Knowledge Man Religious
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.
MAIMONIDES

Destroy Equality Evil Goodness Himself Oneself World
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.
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Book Evidence Lie Writing
Your purpose, should always be to know, the whole that was intended to be known.
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Philosophy Purpose Yourself
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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Charity Poor
The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Decision Deep Risk Wrong
Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.
MAIMONIDES

Angel Mission Trust
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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Change Comfortable Experience Feeling Gratitude Happiness Help Worst
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.
MAIMONIDES

Charity Hands Man Strength
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.
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Doctor Food Goodness Help Light Religion Wine
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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Doctor Food
It is man’s duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
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Fear God Hope Love Man Punishment Reward
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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Charity Money Poor
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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Doctor Sick Suffering
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
MAIMONIDES

Bed Heart Listen Yourself

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