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 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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Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
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A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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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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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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The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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He who is full of joy is full of love.
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Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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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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Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
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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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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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