Further, there are things of which the mind understands one part, but remains ignorant of the other; and when man is able to comprehend certain things, it does not follow that he must be able to comprehend everything. (Maimonides)
You know already that most of the lusts and licentiousness of the multitude consist in an appetite for eating, drinking and sexual intercourse. (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)
Anticipate charity by preventing poverty. (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)
All this is applicable to the intellectual faculties of man. There is a considerable difference between one person and another as regards these faculties, as is well known to philosophers. (Maimonides)
No disease that can be treated by diet should be treated with any other means. (Maimonides)
It is thus necessary to examine all things according to their essence, to infer from every species such true and well established propositions as may assist us in the solution of metaphysical problems. (Maimonides)
How individuals of the same species surpass each other in these sensations and in other bodily faculties is universally known, but there is a limit to them, and their power cannot extend to every distance or to every degree. (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)
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)
He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity. (Maimonides)
Be convinced that, if man were able to reach the end without preparatory studies, such studies would not be preparatory but tiresome and utterly superfluous. (Maimonides)
Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress. (Maimonides)
If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able to apprehend even that which had been within the power of his apprehension. For the powers of the body are all alike in this respect. (Maimonides)