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The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.

Baal Shem Tov

To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.
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Dirty Friend Hesitate
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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Capacity Should Understanding
Everything above and below is one unity.
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Above Below Unity
Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
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Heaven Stories Thrones
A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
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Clean Guilty May
The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
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Aspect Feelings Worship
I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
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Doors Going Out
Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
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Manifestation Name Pleasure
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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Hero might Weakness
Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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Loses Losing Yourself
For my sake, the entire world was created.
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Entire Sake World
Fear builds walls to bar the light.
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Bars Light Wall
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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Neighbor Roots Unity
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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Imperfection Men Mirrors
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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Father Son Taken
Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”
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Feelings Gratitude World

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