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Baal Shem Tov30 quotes“There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.”
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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.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Mind is the foundation of man.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov 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.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov The world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov As man acts, God reacts.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov 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 TovBaal Shem Tov A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Everything above and below is one unity.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Fear builds walls to bar the light.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov The world is full of wonders and miracles but man takes his little hand and covers his eyes and sees nothing.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov From every human being there rises a light.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Thou 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.
Baal Shem TovBaal Shem Tov Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
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I managed to cut myself loose and while there was pain – there weren’t any blood.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh Free will exist only in a confused mind.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland If you are true to yourself, you are already a winner.
Alex DanielAlex Daniel You deserve words that remind you of your value.
Saif Ali ManganSaif Ali Mangan Do always wonder about your worth and remind yourself that even roses have their own thorns.
Megan LaoMegan Lao I’m like sugar in the coffee. Stir me and I’ll dissolve into you.
BelaBela Plans have changed. Life looks different. & now we’re all figuring it out as we go.
Tanya GillTanya Gill Be loyal to those loyal to you.
Sonya TeclaiSonya Teclai
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Do you know how you get the urge to clean your room, and it’s no big deal? But when your mom tells you that you have to clean your room, you don’t want to? That’s me, anyway.
Bill KonigsbergBill Konigsberg If I could hear Christ praying for me in the next room, I would not fear a million enemies.
Robert Murray M'CheyneRobert Murray M'Cheyne A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she’s been there.
Oscar de la RentaOscar de la Renta When I went to see Mrs. Clinton and we talk about the inaugural dress I ask her what would you like to achieve with this particular dress? And she said to me what I would like is – that when I walk into the room and people will look at me and say wow you look great.
Oscar de la RentaOscar de la Renta I was very much in my room with my marionette stage, you know, creating these incredibly boring things that I felt were so fascinating, and forcing my relatives to come, and charging money for them to see my little productions.
Bob BalabanBob Balaban When I leave a room, it’s gonna be footprints of funk wherever I stepped, because I’m a soul-funk crusader.
Big BoiBig Boi Sometimes I had to room with Tony Kaye and that was awful.
Bill BrufordBill Bruford At 21, there’s lots more room there, plenty of things to improve on as you get older.
Brad GilbertBrad Gilbert
