The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
BAAL SHEM TOVHe who is full of joy is full of love.
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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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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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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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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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There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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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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Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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Everything above and below is one unity.
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From every human being there rises a light.
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I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
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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.
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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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The world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day
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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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