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 TOVEverybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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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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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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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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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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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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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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Mind is the foundation of man.
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For my sake, the entire world was created.
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Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
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There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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He who is full of joy is full of love.
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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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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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