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> [When one looks truly at the good side of everyone, others come to love him very naturally, and he does not need even a speck of flattery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/when-one-looks-truly-at-the-good-side-of-everyone-others-come-to-love/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

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## More by Abraham Isaac Kook

> [The progress of dynamic ideals will not be eternally blocked. Through general, moral and intellectual advancement... shall the latent aspiration of justice for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/the-progress-of-dynamic-ideals-will-not-be-eternally-blocked-through/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/we-forgot-we-have-holy-body-not-less-than-our-holy-spirit/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending. This transports you from a place where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/an-epiphany-enables-you-to-sense-creation-not-as-something-completed/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [There are free men with the spirit of a slave, and slaves whose spirit is full of freedom. He who is true to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/there-are-free-men-with-the-spirit-of-a-slave-and-slaves-whose-spirit/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/i-don-t-speak-because-i-have-the-power-to-speak-i-speak-because-i-don/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [A tiny remnant of a big thing is better than a whole little thing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/a-tiny-remnant-of-a-big-thing-is-better-than-a-whole-little-thing/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [The purely righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/the-purely-righteous-do-not-complain-of-the-dark-but-increase-the/)

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> [The desire to be good to all with no restrictions - not in the quantity of those to whom we are good nor in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/the-desire-to-be-good-to-all-with-no-restrictions-not-in-the-quantity/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/when-the-spirit-shines-even-foggy-skies-make-pleasant-light/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [One whose soul does not wander in the expanses, one who does not seek the light of truth and goodness with all his heart,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/one-whose-soul-does-not-wander-in-the-expanses-one-who-does-not-seek/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [Contemplate the wonders of creation, the Divine dimension of their being, not as a dim configuration that is presented to you from a distance,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/contemplate-the-wonders-of-creation-the-divine-dimension-of-their/)

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> [Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It's very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed of contradictions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/our-generation-is-wonderful-generation-full-of-wonder-it-s-very-hard/)

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> [The higher the truth, the simpler it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/the-higher-the-truth-the-simpler-it-is/)

[Abraham Isaac Kook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-isaac-kook/)

> [When one looks truly at the good side of everyone, others come to love him very naturally, and he does not need even a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/when-one-looks-truly-at-the-good-side-of-everyone-others-come-to-love/)

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> [The delight of the Torah is ignited by an inner awareness. A man begins to sense the great tapestry of each letter and point.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-isaac-kook/the-delight-of-the-torah-is-ignited-by-an-inner-awareness-a-man/)

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