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  • The Mutakallemim... apply the term non-existence only to absolute non-existence, and not to absence of properties. A property and the absence of that property are considered by them as two opposites, they treat, e.g. , blindness and sight, death and life, in the same way as heat and cold. Therefore they say, without any qualification, non-existence does not require any agent, an agent is required when something is produced.

    Sight   Opposites   Two  
    Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.1023, Moses Maimonides
  • Anticipate charity by preventing poverty.

    Moses Maimonides (1963). “The Wisdom of Moses Maimonides”
  • The error of the ignorant goes so far as to say that God's power is insufficient, because he has given to this Universe the properties which they imagine cause these great evils, and which do not help all evil-disposed persons to obtain the evil which they seek, and to bring their evil souls to the aim of their desires, though these, as we have shown, are really without limit.

    Errors   Evil   Soul  
    Moses Maimonides (1919). “The Guide for the Perplexed”
  • Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel.

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

  • It is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not imagine that the whole universe exists only for him.

    Men   Imagine   Advantage  
    Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.268, Courier Corporation
  • Astrology is a sickness, not a science ... It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.

    Astrology   Tree   Shade  
  • Your purpose...should always be to know...the whole that was intended to be known.

    Purpose   Should   Whole  
  • Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to the substance of the body and not to its form; while all his merits are exclusively due to his form.

    Men   Substance   Body  
    Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.1009, Moses Maimonides
  • 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.

  • Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.

    Funny   Art   Astrology  
  • Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen.

    Liars   Lying   Book  
  • A truth does not become greater by repetition.

  • The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views.

    Men   Views   Opposites  
    Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.282, Moses Maimonides
  • 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.

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

    Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.9, Courier Corporation
  • We each decide whether to make ourselves learned or ignorant, compassionate or cruel, generous or miserly. No one forces us. No one decides for us, no one drags us along one path or the other. We are responsible for what we are.

  • First Theory . There is no Providence at all for anything in the Universe; all parts of the Universe, the heavens and what they contain, owe their origin to accident and chance; there exists no being that rules and governs them or provides for them. This is the theory of Epicurus.

    Heaven   Firsts   Chance  
    Moses Maimonides, Aeterna Press (1948). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.454, Aeterna Press
  • It is hard for a woman with whom an uncircumcised man has had sexual intercourse to separate from him. In my opinion this is the strongest of the reasons for circumcision.

    Moses Maimonides (1963). “The Guide of the Perplexed”
  • One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.

    Evil   Balance   Doe  
  • The second class of evils comprises such evils as people cause to each other, when, e.g. , some of them use their strength against others. These evils are more numerous than those of the first kind... they likewise originate in ourselves, though the sufferer himself cannot avert them.

    Class   People   Evil  
    Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.1036, Moses Maimonides
  • 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 content yourself with giving utterance to them in words, without apprehending them or believing in them, especially if you do not seek real truth, you have a very easy task as, in fact, you will find many ignorant people professing articles of faith without connecting any idea with them.

    Real   Reading   Believe  
    Moses Maimonides, Aeterna Press (1948). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.159, Aeterna Press
  • The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, and are wanting when required for that which is necessary.

    Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.271, Courier Corporation
  • Contrast the experience with something worse and you cannot help feeling happy and grateful because... The change from trouble to comfort gives us more pleasure than uninterrupted comfort does.

  • He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity.

    Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.290, Moses Maimonides
  • Medical practice is not knitting and weaving and the labor of the hands, but it must be inspired with soul and be filled with understanding and equipped with the gift of keen observation . . .

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

    Sage   Limits   Reason  
    Moses Maimonides (2016). “Guide for the perplexed”, p.288, Moses Maimonides
  • There is no difference between the pain of humans and the pain of other living beings, since the love and tenderness of the mother for the young are not produced by reasoning, but by feeling, and this faculty exists not only in humans but in most living beings.

  • He who thinks he can have flesh and bones without being subject to any external influence, or any accidents of matter, unconsciously wishes to reconcile two opposites, viz., to be at the same time subject and not subject to change. If man were never subject to change there could be no generation; there would be one single being, but no individuals forming a species.

    Moses Maimonides (2012). “The Guide for the Perplexed”, p.269, Courier Corporation
  • All forces that reside in the body are angels.

    Angel   Body   Force  
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