Nahmanides quotes
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“Living creatures possess a moving soul and a certain spiritual superiority which in this respect make them similar to those who possess intellect (people) and they have the power of affecting their welfare and their food and they flee from pain and death.”
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“An individual should hold an awareness of God and His love all the time. He should not separate his consciousness from the Divine while he journeys on the way, nor when he lies down nor when he rises up.”
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“This was the purpose of the whole creation, that man should recognize and know Him and give praise to His Name.”
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“It was the ideal of living in Eretz Yisrael that took me out of my house, out of my country and caused me to travel from my place. I left my house; I repudiated my inheritance...Why? Because I wished to travel to the bosom of my mother, Eretz Yisrael.”
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“Identifying pain in others was easy for me. I was drawn to it in some strange perverse way.”
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Source : Ada Leverson (1962). “The little Ottleys: Love's shadow. Tenterhooks. Love at second sight”
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Source : Adam Hamilton (2011). “The Journey, Expanded Large Print Edition: Walking the Road to Bethlehem”, p.73, Abingdon Press
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Source : Interview with Jason Zingale, www.bullz-eye.com. March 26, 2008.
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