The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The philosophers likewise assume that in Nature there is nothing in vain, so that everything that is not the product of human… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death. — Maimonides Capital punishment Copy Share Image
To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as… — Maimonides Abandonment Copy Share Image
Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will… — Maimonides Books Copy Share Image
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend… — Maimonides Body Copy Share Image
Divine Providence is connected with Divine intellectual influence, and the same beings which are benefited by the latter so as to become… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
“We naturally like what we have been accustomed to, and are attracted towards it. [...] The same is the case with those… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
You will find that there is no other difference of opinion as regards any portions of the Universe, except that the philosophers… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Now I wonder what our knowledge has in common with God's knowledge according to those who treat God's knowledge... Is there anything… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most… — Maimonides Almighty Copy Share Image
Just as a person is commanded to honor and revere his father, so he is under an obligation to honor and revere… — Maimonides Father Copy Share Image
For it is said, "You shall strengthen the stranger and the dweller in your midst and live with him," that is to… — Maimonides Community Copy Share Image
The prophet Isaiah ... points out what will be the cause of this change; for he says that hatred, quarrel, and fighting… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The fact that laws were given to man, both affirmative and negative, supports the principle, that God's knowledge of future events does… — Maimonides Affirmative Copy Share Image
Those who are incapable of attaining to supreme religious values include the black coloured people and those who resemble them in their… — Maimonides Animal Copy Share Image
If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
First Theory . There is no Providence at all for anything in the Universe; all parts of the Universe, the heavens and… — Maimonides Accidents Copy Share Image
The so-called evils are evils only in relation to a certain thing, and that which is evil in relation to a certain… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
He who immerses himself in sexual intercourse will be assailed by premature aging, his strength will wane, his eyes will weaken, and… — Maimonides Aging Copy Share Image
Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The soul, when accustomed to superfluous things, acquires a strong habit of desiring things which are neither necessary for the preservation of… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother's love does… — Maimonides Animal Copy Share Image
We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one… — Maimonides Compassionate Copy Share Image
The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in… — Maimonides Desire Copy Share Image
The Prophets even express their surprise that God should take notice of man, who is too little and too unimportant to be… — Maimonides Attention Copy Share Image
Another fundamental principle taught by the Law of Moses is this: Wrong cannot be ascribed to God in any way whatever; all… — Maimonides Affliction Copy Share Image
The business conduct of the disciples of wise men is truthful and faithful… He does not allow himself to be made a… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The generation of Isaiah did not require the detailed description; his account, "I saw the Lord," &c., sufficed. The generation of the… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the… — Maimonides Animal Copy Share Image
Do not imagine that what we have said of the insufficiency of our understanding and of its limited extent is an assertion… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Even the existence of this corporeal element, low as it in reality is, because it is the source of death and all… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
This must be our belief when we have a correct knowledge of our own self, and comprehend the true nature of everything;… — Maimonides Belief Copy Share Image
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