The people who are abroad are all those that have no religion, neither one based on speculation nor one received by tradition. Such are the extreme Turks that wander about in the north, the Kushites who live in the south, and those in our country who are like these. I consider these as irrational beings, and not as human beings; they are below mankind, but above monkeys, since they have the form and shape of man, and a mental faculty above that of the monkey.
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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