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 TOVThe central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
More Baal Shem Tov Quotes
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Everything above and below is one unity.
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The world is full of wonders and miracles but man takes his little hand and covers his eyes and sees nothing.
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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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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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For my sake, the entire world was created.
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There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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Mind is the foundation of man.
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The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
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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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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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