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.
BAAL SHEM TOVIf 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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The world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day
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I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
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Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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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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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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A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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Everything above and below is one unity.
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There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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From every human being there rises a light.
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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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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
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Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
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He who is full of joy is full of love.
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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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Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
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