Astrology is not an art, it is a disease.

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 . . .

The whole object of the Prophets and the Sages was to declare that a limit is set to human reason where it must halt.

There are eight levels of charity.... The highest is when you strengthen a man's hand until he need no longer be dependent upon others.

There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.

While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it.

The more we desire for that which is superfluous, the more we meet with difficulties; our strength and possessions are spent in unnecessary things, and are wanting when required for that which is necessary.