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"These three, the rebellious and disobedient son, he who steals and sells a human being, and he who breaks into a house, become murderers in the course of time, as is well known."

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 544). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

“But oh that God would speak, and open his lips against thee; and that he would show thee the secrets of wisdom, for wisdom hath two portions! Know, therefore, that God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection?” (xi. 6-7).

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 484).

“And your ways are not my ways.”

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 475). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

"All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to non-existence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom."

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 438). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

“I make myself known to him in a vision, I speak to him in a dream” (Num. xii. 6).

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 402). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

“For the day of the Lord is great and terrible, and who can abide it?”

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 361). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

"But of the things in the heavens man knows nothing except a few mathematical calculations, and you see how far these go."

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 346). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

"For all our defects in speech or in character are either the direct or the indirect work of imagination."

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 309). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

"Aristotle frequently attempts to establish this proposition; but I believe that he did not consider his proofs to be conclusive."

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 280). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.

"Consequently they maintain that the soul is an accident."

Maimonides, Moses. A Guide for the Perplexed (p. 246). Veritatis Splendor Publications. Kindle Edition.