Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
BAAL SHEM TOVThou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.” Why? Because every human being has a root in the Unity, and to reject the minutest particle of the Unity is to reject it all.
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People should allow themselves the opportunity to really know what the unity of God means. To grasp a part of the nondivisible union is to grasp the whole.
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For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.
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Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
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From every human being there rises a light.
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As man acts, God reacts.
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We should learn and reflect to the best of our capacity, but when we reach a point where we are unable to make sense of life, we should supplant faith for understanding, and reflect again on what we do know.
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Everything above and below is one unity.
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When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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For my sake, the entire world was created.
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Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
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If a man has beheld evil, he may know that it was shown to him in order that he learn his own guilt and repent; for what is shown to him is also within him.
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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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If the Bible didn’t show us the weaknesses, the vulnerabilities, the sins of our heroes, we might have deep questions about their true virtue.
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