Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong. — Maimonides Falsehood Copy Share Image
Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress. — Maimonides Progress Copy Share Image
Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The question, "What is the purpose thereof?" cannot be asked about anything which is not the product of an agent; therefore we… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
If the whole earth is infinitely small in comparison with the sphere of the stars, what is man compared with all these… — Maimonides Astronomy Copy Share Image
“And so our rabbis decreed that a man should honor his wife more than himself, and love her as much as he… — Maimonides Honor Copy Share Image
There are eight levels of charity… The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent… — Maimonides Charity Copy Share Image
Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
There are four different theories concerning Divine Providence; they are all ancient, known from the time of the Prophets, when the true… — Maimonides Ancient Copy Share Image
The first kind of evil is that which is caused to man by the circumstance that he is subject to genesis and… — Maimonides Body Copy Share Image
We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the… — Maimonides Charity Copy Share Image
One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does… — Maimonides Balance Copy Share Image
Eliphas never abandoned his belief that the fate of man is the result of justice, that we do not know all our… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Whatever form it has, it [matter] will be disposed to receive another form; it never leaves off moving and casting off the… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The numerous evils to which individual persons are exposed are due to the defects existing in the persons themselves. We complain and… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
You will see the mercy of God toward His creatures, how He has provided that which is required, in proper proportions, and… — Maimonides Animal Copy Share Image
It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e.,… — Maimonides Cooking Copy Share Image
Even when a person suffers pain in consequence of a thorn having entered into his hand, although it is at once drawn… — Maimonides Consequence Copy Share Image
The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Management [ Providence ], knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God. — Maimonides Intention Copy Share Image
In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning. — Maimonides Computer language Copy Share Image
It is necessary to bear in mind that Scripture only teaches the chief points of those true principles which lead to the… — Maimonides Bible Copy Share Image
“The person who wishes to attain human perfection should study logic first, next mathematics, then physics, and, lastly, metaphysics.” — Maimonides Logic Copy Share Image
The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
You must consider, when reading this treatise, that mental perception, because connected with matter, is subject to conditions similar to those to… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Astrology is a disease, not a science... It is a tree under the shadow of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. ...… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them,… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from… — Maimonides Accidents Copy Share Image
Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits… — Maimonides Body Copy Share Image
In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of… — Maimonides Body Copy Share Image
Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless , unimportant , or vain , or good . — Maimonides Action Copy Share Image
It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion… — Maimonides Circumcision Copy Share Image
The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
We suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard… — Maimonides Haughtiness Copy Share Image
No form remains permanently in a substance; a constant change takes place, one form is taken off and another is put on. — Maimonides Change Copy Share Image
All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Transient bodies are only subject to destruction through their substance and not through their form, nor can the essence of their form… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
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