Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
Maimonides
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Maimonides
Age: 66 †
Born: 1138
Born: March 30
Died: 1204
Died: December 13
Astronomer
Dayan
Philosopher
Physician Writer
Rabbi
Córdoba
Andalusia
Mosheh ben Maimon
Moses Maimonides
Mūsā ibn Maymūn
RaMBaM
Rabbeinu Mosheh Ben Maimon
Rambam
Maimonides
Respect
Sphere
Position
Spheres
Existence
Almighty
High
Comparison
Space
Heavenly
Power
Absolutes
Lowly
Absolute
Occupy
Greatness
Rank
More quotes by Maimonides
Astrology is a sickness, not a science ... It is a tree under the shade of which all sorts of superstitions thrive.
Maimonides
There is no difference between the pain of humans and the pain of other living beings, since the love and tenderness of the mother for the young are not produced by reasoning, but by feeling, and this faculty exists not only in humans but in most living beings.
Maimonides
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
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
God cannot be compared to anything. Note this.
Maimonides
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
Maimonides
There are four different theories concerning Divine Providence they are all ancient, known from the time of the Prophets, when the true law was revealed to enlighten these dark regions.
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
Your purpose...should always be to know...the whole that was intended to be known.
Maimonides
He who does not understand that a dead lion is more alive than a living dog will remain a dog.
Maimonides
The physician should not treat the disease but the patient who is suffering from it
Maimonides
Every ignoramus imagines that all that exists, exists with a view to his individual sake it is as if there were nothing that exists except him. And if something happens to him that is contrary to what he wishes, he makes the trenchant judgement that all that exists is an evil.
Maimonides
Management [ Providence ], knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God.
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
The soul is subject to health and disease, just as is the body. The health and disease of both . . . undoubtedly depend upon beliefs and customs, which are peculiar to mankind.
Maimonides
The philosophers likewise assume that in Nature there is nothing in vain, so that everything that is not the product of human industry serves a certain purpose, which may be known or unknown to us.
Maimonides
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
The true work of God is all good, since it is existence.
Maimonides
It is well known among physicians that the best of the nourishing foods is the one that the Moslem religion forbids, i.e., Wine. It contains much good and light nourishment. It is rapidly digested and helps to digest other foods.
Maimonides
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
Maimonides