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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.

Maimonides

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

Easy Live Necessary
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
In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning.
MAIMONIDES

Avoid Beginning Philosophy Simplicity Talk
All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities.
MAIMONIDES

Act God Himself Quality
God who preceded all existence is a refuge.
MAIMONIDES

Existence God Home
Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.
MAIMONIDES

Art One Liner Sick
All forces that reside in the body are angels.
MAIMONIDES

Angel Body Force Self Love
Hold firmly to your word.
MAIMONIDES

One Liner Word Yourself
God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
MAIMONIDES

God Himself Knowledge Philosophy Religious
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.
MAIMONIDES

Believe Blessing Faith Myself Perfection
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
MAIMONIDES

Greatness Truth
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.
MAIMONIDES

Desire God Ideas Knowledge Man Passion
Silence is the maturation of wisdom.
MAIMONIDES

One Liner Silence Wisdom
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
MAIMONIDES

Doctor Sick Suffering
Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
MAIMONIDES

Bed Heart Listen Yourself
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

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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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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