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

Quote by Maimonides

Book:A Maimonides Reader

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A Maimonides Reader

This reader includes a selection of Maimonides' writings, covering a range of topics including ethics, law, and metaphysics, providing a comprehensive overview of his intellectual contributions and their enduring influence on Jewish thought and beyond. more

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Maimonides, born on March 30, 1135 and died on December 12, 1204, was a Jewish philosopher, physician, and legal scholar. He is renowned for his contributions to philosophy, medicine, and Jewish law. more

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Book:A Maimonides Reader

Source: A Maimonides Reader

“Just as a person is commanded to honor and revere his father, so he is under an obligation to honor and revere his teacher, even to a greater extent than his father; for his father gave him life in this world, while his teacher instructs him in wisdom, secures for him life in the world to come.”

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Book:A Maimonides Reader

Source: A Maimonides Reader

“Taking food alone tends to make one hard and coarse. Those accustomed to it must lead a Spartan life if they are not to go downhill. Hermits have observed, if for only this reason, a frugal diet. For it is only in company that eating is done justice; food must be divided and distributed if it is to be well received.”

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Book:Selected Writings: 1913-1926

Source: Selected Writings: 1913-1926

“He who asks fortune-tellers the future unwittingly forfeits an inner intimation of coming events that is a thousand times more exact than anything they may say. He is impelled by inertia, rather than curiosity, and nothing is more unlike the submissive apathy with which he hears his fate revealed than the alert dexterity with which the man of courage lays hands on the future.”

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Book:Selected Writings: 1913-1926

Source: Selected Writings: 1913-1926

“Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.”

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Book:Selected Writings: 1913-1926

Source: Selected Writings: 1913-1926

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Book:Selected Writings: 1927-1934

Source: Selected Writings: 1927-1934

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Book:One-Way Street

Source: One-Way Street

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Author:Walter Benjamin

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