As man acts, God reacts.
BAAL SHEM TOVYour 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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The world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day
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Everything above and below is one unity.
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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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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 central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with 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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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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From every human being there rises a light.
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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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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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He who is full of joy is full of love.
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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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