Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not imagine that the whole universe exists only for him. — Maimonides 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 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 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 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
It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by… — 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 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 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
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
Another fundamental principle taught by the Law of Moses is this: Wrong cannot be ascribed to God in any way whatever; all… — Maimonides 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
When I have a difficult subject before me - when I find the road narrow, and can see no other way of… — 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
The third class of evils comprise those which everyone causes to himself by his own action. This is the largest class, and… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The corporeal element in man is a large screen and partition that prevents him from perfectly perceiving abstract ideals; this would be… — 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
Know that the difficulties which lead to confusion in the question what is the purpose of the Universe or of any of… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment. — Maimonides 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 Copy Share Image
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself. — Maimonides Copy Share Image
The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes… — Maimonides 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
It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion… — Maimonides 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 Copy Share Image
To sum up: I am the man who when the concern pressed him and his way was straitened and he could find… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
He who thinks he can have flesh and bones without being subject to any external influence, or any accidents of matter, unconsciously… — Maimonides 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 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
![“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)
