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Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know', and thou shalt progress. — Maimonides

In the beginning we must simplify the subject, thus unavoidably falsifying it, and later we must sophisticate away the falsely simple beginning. — Maimonides

It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death. — Maimonides

For every force charged by God, may He be exalted, with some business is an angel put in charge ... — Maimonides

Maimonides is the most influential Jewish thinker of the Middle Ages, and quite possibly of all time. — David Zulberg

No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means. — Maimonides

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

The being which has absolute existence, which has never been and will never be without existence, is not in need of an agent. — Maimonides

Management [ Providence ], knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God. — Maimonides

Silence is the maturation of wisdom. — Maimonides

In accordance with the divine wisdom, genesis can only take place through destruction. — Maimonides

The first kind of evil is that which is caused to man by the circumstance that he is subject to genesis and destruction, or that he possesses a body. — Maimonides

Work before eating, rest after eating. Eat not ravenously, filling the mouth gulp after gulp without breathing space. — 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. — Maimonides

God cannot be compared to anything. Note this. — Maimonides

God is identical with His attributes, so that it may be said that He is the knowledge, the knower, and the known. — 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

Be angry only for a grave cause that rightly calls for indignation,' Maimonides wrote in his Mishneh Torah. What — Simon Schama

Astrology is a disease, not a science. — Maimonides

Astrology is not an art, it is a disease. — Maimonides

God who preceded all existence is a refuge ... — Maimonides

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

The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it — Maimonides

Those who believe that ... detailed rules originate in a certain cause, are as far from the truth as those who assume that the whole law is useless. — Maimonides

Commune with your own heart on your bed and be still. — Maimonides

What is lofty can be said in any language. What is mean should be said in none. — Maimonides

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

The true work of God is all good, since it is existence. — Maimonides

A truth does not become greater by repetition. — Maimonides

Hold firmly to your word. — Maimonides

Inspire me with love for my art and for thy creatures. In the sufferer let me see only the human being. — Maimonides

Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong. — Maimonides

Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity. — Maimonides

That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence. — Maimonides

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

Actions are divided as regards their object into four classes; they are either purposeless , unimportant , or vain , or good . — Maimonides

Those who grieve find comfort in weeping and in arousing their sorrow until the body is too tired to bear the inner emotions. — Maimonides

Gone too from the world, Averroes and Moses Maimonides, — James Joyce

All attributes ascribed to God are attributes of His acts, and do not imply that God has any qualities. — Maimonides

Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man. — Maimonides

No form remains permanently in a substance; a constant change takes place, one form is taken off and another is put on. — Maimonides

The goal of good health is to enable a person to acquire wisdom. — Maimonides

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself. — Maimonides

The risk of a wrong decision is preferable to the terror of indecision. — Maimonides

Everyone entrusted with a mission is an angel. — Maimonides

In the realm of Nature there is nothing purposeless, trivial, or unnecessary — Maimonides

Astrology is a sickness, not a science ... It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive. — Maimonides

Newton was a judaic monotheist of the school of Maimonides — John Maynard Keynes

The person who wishes to attain human perfection should study logic first, next mathematics, then physics, and, lastly, metaphysics. — Maimonides

To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible. — Maimonides

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

A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king. — Maimonides

Do not imagine that these most difficult problems can be thoroughly understood by any one of us. — Maimonides

Man's shortcomings and sins are all due to substance of the body and not to its form, while all his merits are exclusively due to his form. — Maimonides

You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes. — Maimonides

All forces that reside in the body are angels. — Maimonides

If the whole earth is infinitely small in comparison with the sphere of the stars, what is man compared with all these created beings! — 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. — Maimonides

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

I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends. — Maimonides

Man's obsession to add to his wealth and honor is the chief source of his misery. — Maimonides

He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog. — Maimonides

It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment. — Maimonides

When Maimonides says that the Messiah will come but that 'he may tarry,' we see the origin of every Jewish shrug from Spinoza to Woody Allen. — Christopher Hitchens

If one avoids haughtiness to the utmost extent and is exceedingly humble, he is termed a saint, and this is the standard of saintliness. — Maimonides

Anticipate charity by preventing poverty. — Maimonides

For that which is without a beginning, a final cause need not be sought. — Maimonides

Hear the
truth from whomever says it — Maimonides

Your purpose ... should always be to know ... the whole that was intended to be known. — Maimonides

Let nothing which can be treated by diet be treated by other means. — Maimonides