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God who preceded all existence is a refuge.

Maimonides

Existence, Refuge

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A small amount of wine such as three or four glasses is of benefit for the preservation of the health of human beings and an excellent remedy for most illnesses.

Maimonides

Food, Wine, Glasses

Moses Maimonides, Jacob Israel Dienstag (1994). “Moses Maimonides' Treatise on Asthma”

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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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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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At times the truth shines so brilliantly that we perceive it as clear as day. Our nature and habit then draw a veil over our perception, and we return to a darkness almost as dense as before. We are like those who, though beholding frequent flashes of lightning, still find themselves in the thickest darkness of the night.

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Night, Shining, Darkness

Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.148, Moses Maimonides

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Every ignoramus imagines that all that exists, exists with a view to his individual sake; it is as if there were nothing that exists except him. And if something happens to him that is contrary to what he wishes, he makes the trenchant judgement that all that exists is an evil.

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Views, Evil, Judgement

Moses Maimonides, Isadore Twersky (1972). “A Maimonides Reader”, p.301, Behrman House, Inc

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A truth does not become greater by repetition.

Maimonides

Education, Doe, Repetition

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

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Finance, Strict, Generous

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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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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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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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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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Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

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Inspirational, Life, Charity

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

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Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.

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Giving, Charity

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

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Kindness, Blessed, Generosity

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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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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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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.

Maimonides

God, Believe, Blessed

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Hold firmly to your word.

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Honesty

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Born: March 30, 1135
Died: December 12, 1204
Occupation: Philosopher
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