"When wood burns it is the smoke alone……" — Baal Shem Tov
"When wood burns it is the smoke alone that rises upward, leaving the grosser elements below. So it is with prayer. The sincere intention alone ascends to heaven."
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15 Quotes by Baal Shem Tov
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Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, "For my sake, the entire world was created."
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There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
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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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If a man has beheld evil, he may know that it was shown to him in order that he learn…
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Your fellow man is your mirror. If your own face is clean, the image you perceive will also be flawless.…
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If the Bible didn't show us the weaknesses, the vulnerabilities , the sins of our heroes, we might have deep…
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Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Why? Because every human being has a root in the Unity, and to…
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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
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He who is full of joy is full of love.
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For my sake, the entire world was created.
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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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Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum.
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