Tag: Maimonides
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To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.
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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 must halt.
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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 of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.
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When man possesses a good, sound body that does not overpower him nor disturb the equilibrium in him, he possesses a divine gift. In short, a good constitution facilitates the rule of the soul over the body, but it is not impossible to conquer a bad constitution by training.
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If the whole earth is infinitely small in comparison with the sphere of the stars, what is man compared with all these created beings!
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It is necessary to bear in mind that Scripture only teaches the chief points of those true principles which lead to the true perfection of man, and only demands in general terms faith in them.
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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 is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision.
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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.
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