"To seek perfection in property or health or character is not a worthy goal, nor a proper cause of pride and glory; the knowledge of God is true wisdom, and is the only perfection man should seek." ~~ Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed 3:53
"To eat and drink on a festival in the company of your family without providing for the poor and distressed, is not “the joy of the commandment” but the joy of your stomach. It is a disgrace." ~~ Maimonides
"When I see no way of teaching a truth but one that will please one intelligent man but will offend ten thousand fools, I address myself to the one, and ignore the censure of the thousands." ~~ Maimonides
"If a poor man asks for alms, and you have nothing to give, console him with words; for it is forbidden to chastise a poor man or raise your voice against him, since his heart is broken." ~~ Maimonides
"By nature we like the familiar and dislike the strange." ~~ Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed 1:31
"A truth does not become greater by repetition." ~~ Maimonides
"It is imperative that most men work in [physically] productive occupations, so that the few who devote themselves entirely to learning may have their wants provided; in this way, the human race goes on, and knowledge is enriched." ~~ Maimonides
"A miracle cannot prove that which is impossible; it is useful only as a confirmation of what is possible." ~~ Maimonides
"The Torah is truth, and the purpose of knowing it is to live by it." ~~ Maimonides
"The Sabbaths are for rest and the festivals for joy, not for fasting and weeping and crying." ~~ Maimonides
"Men like the opinions to which they have been accustomed from their youth; they defend them, and shun contrary views: and this is one of the things that prevents men from finding truth, for they cling to the opinions of habit." ~~ Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed 1:31
"It is the power of reasoning with which God endowed man that renders man capable of perfection." ~~ Maimonides, Guide to the Perplexed 1:2