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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 the individual nor for that of the species. This desire is without limit, whilst those which are necessary are few in number and restricted within certain limits; but what is superfluous is without end.

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  Strong, Numbers, Soul

  Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.270, Courier Corporation

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• It should not be believed that all beings exist for the sake of the existence of man. On the contrary, all the other beings too have been intended for their own sakes and not for the sake of anything else.

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  Nature, Philosophical, Animal

  Moses Maimonides (2010). “The Guide of the Perplexed”, p.452, University of Chicago Press

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• What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none.

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  Mean, Language, Should

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• A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.

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  Wise, Kings, Men

  Moses Maimonides (1956). “Moses Maimonides: Rambam”

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• The third class of evils comprise those which everyone causes to himself by his own action. This is the largest class, and is far more numerous than the second class. It is especially of these evils that all men complain, - only few men are found that do not sin against themselves by this kind of evil. ...This class of evil originates in man's vices, such as excessive desire for eating, drinking, and love; indulgence in these things in undue measure, or in improper manner, or partaking of bad food. This course brings diseases and afflictions upon the body and soul alike.

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  Drinking, Men, Class

  "Guide for the Perplexed". Book by Maimonides, Ch.12, 1190.

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• It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.

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  Men, Rewards, Duty

  Moses Maimonides (1961). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.306, Courier Corporation

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• He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.

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  Dog, Doe, Alive

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• A truth does not become greater by repetition.

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  Education, Doe, Repetition

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• In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others.

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  Finance, Strict, Generous

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• We suffer from the evils which we, by our own free will, inflict on ourselves and ascribe them to God, who is far from being connected with them!

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  Evil, Suffering, Free Will

  Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.1034, Moses Maimonides

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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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  Astrology, Tree, Shade

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• God cannot be compared to anything. Note this.

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  Notes

  Moses Maimonides, Aeterna Press (1948). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.424, Aeterna Press

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• When I have a difficult subject before me - when I find the road narrow, and can see no other way of teaching a well established truth except by pleasing one intelligent man and displeasing ten thousand fools - I prefer to address myself to the one man, and to take no notice whatever of the condemnation of the multitude; I prefer to extricate that intelligent man from his embarrassment and show him the cause of his perplexity, so that he may attain perfection and be at peace.

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  Teaching, Men, Intelligent

  Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.9, Courier Corporation

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• Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.

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  Angel, Missions

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• No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means.

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  Inspiring, Food, Mean

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• The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both . . . undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.

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  Soul, Peculiar, Body

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• Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

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  Inspirational, Life, Charity

  Moses Maimonides (1963). “The Wisdom of Moses Maimonides”

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• All the evils that men cause to each other because of certain desires, or opinions or religious principles, are rooted in ignorance. [All hatred would come to an end] when the earth was flooded with the knowledge of God.

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  Religious, Ignorance, Men

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

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  Kindness, Blessed, Generosity

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• It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.

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  Guilty Person, Innocent, Capital Punishment

  "Sefer Hamitzvot". Book by Maimonides,

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• Anticipate charity by preventing poverty; assist the reduced fellow man, either by a considerable gift or a sum of money or by teaching him a trade or by putting him in the way of business so that he may earn an honest livelihood and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand for charity. This is the highest step and summit of charity's golden ladder.

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  Teaching, Men, Compassion

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• Just as a person is commanded to honor and revere his father, so he is under an obligation to honor and revere his teacher, even to a greater extent than his father; for his father gave him life in this world, while his teacher instructs him in wisdom, secures for him life in the world to come.

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  Teacher, Father, Teaching

  Moses Maimonides, Isadore Twersky (1972). “A Maimonides Reader”, p.69, Behrman House, Inc

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• The more necessary a thing is for living beings, the more easily it is found and the cheaper it is; the less necessary it is, the rarer and dearer it is.

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  Found, Cheaper

  Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.271, Courier Corporation

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• I believe with perfect faith that the Creator, blessed be his name, is not a body, and that he is free from all accidents of matter, and that he has not any form whatsoever.

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  God, Believe, Blessed

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• Hold firmly to your word.

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  Honesty

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