Mind is the foundation of man.
BAAL SHEM TOVAs man acts, God reacts.
More Baal Shem Tov Quotes
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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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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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A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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As man acts, God reacts.
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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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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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The world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day
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From every human being there rises a light.
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Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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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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There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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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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For my sake, the entire world was created.
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