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.
MAIMONIDESThe same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.
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God cannot be compared to anything.
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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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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
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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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A truth does not become greater by repetition.
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Man’s obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery.
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The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
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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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Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions.
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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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God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known.
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Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation.
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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.
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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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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.
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