When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
BAAL SHEM TOVEverybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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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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Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
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Mind is the foundation of man.
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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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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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For my sake, the entire world was created.
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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.
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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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I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
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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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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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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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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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