Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
BAAL SHEM TOVUnless 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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The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
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If a man has beheld evil, he may know that it was shown to him in order that he learn his own guilt and repent; for what is shown to him is also within him.
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For my sake, the entire world was created.
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The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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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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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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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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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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Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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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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A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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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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