The corporeal element in man is a large screen and partition that prevents him from perfectly perceiving abstract ideals; this would be the case even if the corporeal element were as pure and superior as the substance of the spheres ; how much more must this be the case with our dark and opaque body. However great the exertion of our mind may be to comprehend the Divine Being or any of the ideals, we find a screen and partition between God and us.
Hear the truth from whomever says it - Maimonides
Hear the truth from whomever says it
- Maimonides
There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others. - Maimonides
There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.
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, n… - Maimonides
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, n…
Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it. - Maimonides
Truth does not become more true by virtue of the fact that the entire world agrees with it, nor less so even if the whole world disagrees with it.
Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress. - Maimonides
Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress.
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends. - Maimonides
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends.
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 p… - Maimonides
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 p…
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. - Maimonides
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means. - Maimonides
Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means.
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