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In addition to the teaching of truths the Law aims at the removal of injustice from mankind.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
It is better and more satisfactory to acquit a thousand guilty persons than to put a single innocent one to death.
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.
A Maimonides Reader (1972)
An artisan busies himself with his work for three hours each day and spends nine hours in study.
Mishneh Torah (1180)
Management [ Providence ], knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
The being which has absolute existence, which has never been and will never be without existence, is not in need of an agent.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
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.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
Consider in how many ways His knowledge is distinguished from ours according to all the teaching of every revealed religion.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
Accept the truth from whatever source it comes.
It is man's duty to love and to fear God, even without hope of reward or fear of punishment.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
That which is produced with intention has passed over from non-existence to existence.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
It is of great advantage that man should know his station, and not imagine that the whole universe exists only for him.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
This course brings diseases and afflictions upon the body and soul alike.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
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.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
For a truth, once established by proof, does neither gain force nor certainty by the consent of all scholars, nor lose by the general dissent.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
Evil speech kills three people—the one who says it, the one who accepts it, and the one about whom it is said.
The true work of God is all good, since it is existence.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
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.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
It is hard for a woman, with whom an uncircumcised had sexual intercourse, to separate from him.
Guide for the Perplexed (1190)
For how long is it a duty to study the Law? To the day of death.
Mishneh Torah (1180)