Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits… — 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 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
No form remains permanently in a substance; a constant change takes place, one form is taken off and another is put on. — 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
The people who are abroad are all those that have no religion, neither one based on speculation nor one received by tradition.… — 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
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
An ignorant man believes that the whole universe only exists for him: as if nothing else required any consideration. If, therefore, anything… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Galen , in the third section of his book, "The Use of the Limbs," says correctly that it would be in vain… — Maimonides 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 existing thing,… — 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 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 evils, is… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by "faith" we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the lips, but… — 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 industry serves… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence. — Maimonides 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 Copy Share Image
Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend… — 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 High not… — Maimonides 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 would not… — 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 form which it has in order to receive another. ...It is therefore clear that all corruption, destruction, or defect comes from matter.” quote by Maimonides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/116/maimonides-2639_casting_whatever-form-it-has-it-matter-will-be-d_1683499.jpg)
![“WHEN reading my present treatise, bear in mind that by "faith" we do not understand merely that which is uttered with the lips, but also that which is apprehended by the soul, the conviction that the object [of belief] is exactly as it is apprehended. If, as regards real or supposed truths, you…” quote by Maimonides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fbb/maimonides-2639_articles_when-reading-my-present-treatise-bear-in_78488.jpg)
