Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
BAAL SHEM TOVForgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
BAAL SHEM TOVEverybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God’s curriculum.
BAAL SHEM TOVWhen a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
BAAL SHEM TOVWe 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 TOVUnless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
BAAL SHEM TOVAs man acts, God reacts.
BAAL SHEM TOVFrom every human being there rises a light.
BAAL SHEM TOVIf 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.
BAAL SHEM TOVPleasures are manifestations of God’s name.
BAAL SHEM TOVFor any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.
BAAL SHEM TOVThe ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.
BAAL SHEM TOVThe world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day
BAAL SHEM TOVBefore you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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.
BAAL SHEM TOVI am going out one door, and shall go through another.
BAAL SHEM TOVThe central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
BAAL SHEM TOV