Baal Shem Tov Quotes

The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.

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.

Mind is the foundation of man.

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.

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

The world is new to us every morning – and every man should believe he is reborn each day

As man acts, God reacts.

Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.

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.

A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.