Baal Shem Tov famous quotes

03-26-2025

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.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Men #Mirrors #Imperfection
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.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Roots #Unity #Neighbor
The world is new to us every morning - and every man should believe he is reborn each day
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Positive #Time #Morning
There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Men #Rooms #He Man
Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Remembrance #Secret #Redemption
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.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Hero #Might #Weakness
Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, "For my sake, the entire world was created."
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Gratitude #Feelings #World
From every human being there rises a light.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Light #Being There #Humans
I am going out one door, and shall go through another.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Doors #Going Out
Mind is the foundation of man.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Men #Mind #Foundation
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.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Mean #Opportunity #People
The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Feelings #Worship #Aspect
To pull a friend out of the mire, don't hesitate to get dirty.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Dirty
Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Prayer #Believe #Creation
We should not laugh at the person who becoming caught up in his prayer bends his body or moves about in strange ways. Perhaps he moves in this manner to wave off unwelcome thoughts that would interrupt the prayer. Would we find it funny if we saw a person drowning going through strange motions doing whatever was necessary to save his life?
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Prayer #Moving #Laughing
When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Father #Taken #Son
For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Accomplishment #Understanding #Common
Everything above and below is one unity.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Unity
As man acts, God reacts.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Men
A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#May #Guilty #Brooms
If 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 Tov

#Men #Order #Evil
For my sake, the entire world was created.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#World #Sake
Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Self Esteem #Unique #Curriculum
He who is full of joy is full of love.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Joy
Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Losing Yourself
Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Heaven #Thrones #Stories
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.
-- Baal Shem Tov

#Understanding #Should #Capacity

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