Maimonides Quotes

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.

Maimonides

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: philosopher
  • Nationality: spanish
  • Birth: March 30, 1135 - December 12, 1204

Topics

GoodBalanceGood And EvilEvilBad

Silicon Valley is like Wall Street in that it will fill and pursue market opportunities to their logical extremes.

Andrew Yang

OpportunitiesWallStreetWillLike

The most validating thing was when my picture was on my first bubble gum card. That was in '68 for me. I was finally on the Topps card.

Johnny Bench

MePictureBubbleFirstGumMost

You've got a song you're singing from your gut, you want that audience to feel it in their gut. And you've got to make them think that you're one of them sitting out there with them too. They've got to be able to relate to what you're doing.

Johnny Cash

SingingSongThinkFeelDoingYou

Most works of art, like most wines, ought to be consumed in the district of their fabrication.

Simone Weil

ArtLikeMostFabricationWorks

If you get a sense that your writing isn't quite working, change it. Or cut it out. Don't just tell yourself it'll do, because it won't.

Michelle Paver

ChangeYourselfWritingYouOutCut

'The Notebook' gets me every time. It's a great love story. Boy from the wrong side of the tracks. They get on each other's nerves, but they can't live without each other. It almost makes me shed a tear.

Michael Strahan

LoveLiveGreatTimeMeStory

In my experience, young people fighting for the passage of the DREAM Act and to prevent the deportation of those who are eligible are among the most committed and fearless advocates for change in this country.

Luis Gutierrez

ChangeExperiencePeopleFearless

The need for air transport is real, and it's not going to change. The key is to have the right business model and have the right initiatives, in my view, to succeed.

Louis R. Chenevert

ChangeBusinessSucceedKeyView

I think it's really unfortunate that academics have been sidelined in most important policy debates.

Juan Cole

ThinkImportantPolicyAcademics

Music is part of us, and either ennobles or degrades our behavior.

Boethius

MusicBehaviorUsOurEitherPart

When people feel threatened by you, they find something that is belittling.

Bruno Tonioli

PeopleFeelYouFindSomething

Bush is morally a universalist. For instance, he says the freedom is good, the same thing is good, all over the world. So in that sense he's a universalist.

Peter Singer

GoodFreedomWorldSameOverSense

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