In finances, be strict with yourself, generous with others. Maimonides More Quotes by Maimonides More Quotes From Maimonides The knowledge of God, the formation of ideas, the mastery of desire and passion, the distinction between that which is to be chosen and that which is to be rejected, all these man owes to his form. Maimonides passion men ideas While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it. Maimonides expression men mean Consequently he who wishes to attain to human perfection, must therefore first study Logic, next the various branches of Mathematics in their proper order, then Physics, and lastly Metaphysics. Maimonides perfection wish order Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Maimonides communes bed heart 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. Maimonides mind dark men 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. Maimonides evil class people Hear the 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 . . . Maimonides knitting practice hands If men possessed wisdom, which stands in the same relation to the form of man as the sight to the eye, they would not cause any injury to themselves or to others, for the knowledge of the truth removes hatred and quarrels, and prevents mutual injuries. Maimonides eye sight men The great sickness and the grievous evil consist in this: that all the things that man finds written in books, he presumes to think of as true-and all the more so if the books are old. Maimonides reading men book Work before eating, rest after eating. Eat not ravenously, filling the mouth gulp after gulp without breathing space. Maimonides breathing-space eating mouths Transient bodies are only subject to destruction through their substance and not through their form, nor can the essence of their form be destroyed; in this respect they are permanent. Maimonides substance body essence Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being. Maimonides health fitness art It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death. Maimonides capital-punishment guilty-person innocent Your purpose...should always be to know...the whole that was intended to be known. Maimonides purpose whole should We are obligated to be more scrupulous in fulfilling the commandment of charity than any other positive commandment because charity is the sign of a righteous man. Maimonides righteous-man charity men In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary Maimonides unnecessary realms 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. Maimonides real reading believe You will find that there is no other difference of opinion as regards any portions of the Universe, except that the philosophers believe in the Eternity of the Universe and we believe in the Creation. Note this. Maimonides opinion differences believe In so far as the soul is a force residing in the body; it has therefore been said that the properties of the soul depend of the condition of the body. Maimonides force body soul
