Maimonides

We suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is…

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Astrology is a sickness, not a science ... It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.

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There is no difference between the worry of a human mother and an animal mother for their offspring. A mother's love does…

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It is no wrong or injustice that one has many bags of the finest myrrh and garments embroidered with gold, while another…

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Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.

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There is no difference between the pain of humans and the pain of other living beings, since the love and tenderness of…

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Those who are incapable of attaining to supreme religious values include the black coloured people and those who resemble them in their…

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We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the…

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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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The key to the understanding and to the full comprehension of all that the Prophets have said is found in the knowledge…

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Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being.

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Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.

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It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e.,…

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The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it…

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How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there…

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While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means…

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He who thinks he can have flesh and bones without being subject to any external influence, or any accidents of matter, unconsciously…

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Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still.

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God who preceded all existence is a refuge...

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The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom.

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Giving is most blessed and most acceptable when the donor remains completely anonymous.

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It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established…

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Form can only be destroyed accidentally, i.e., on account of its connexion with substance, the true nature of which consists in the…

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Eliphas never abandoned his belief that the fate of man is the result of justice, that we do not know all our…

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The soul, when accustomed to superfluous things, acquires a strong habit of desiring things which are neither necessary for the preservation of…

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