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.
BAAL SHEM TOVI am going out one door, and shall go through another.
More Baal Shem Tov Quotes
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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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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
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He who is full of joy is full of love.
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Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless. But should you look upon your fellow man and see a blemish, it is your own imperfection that you are encountering – you are being shown what it is that you must correct within yourself.
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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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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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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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The world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day
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For my sake, the entire world was created.
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Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
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I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
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Everything above and below is one unity.
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