Baal Shem Tov Quotes

 "The world is new to us every morning - and every man should believe he is reborn each day" ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "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

 "From every human being there rises a light." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "The world is full of wonders and miracles but man takes his little hand and covers his eyes and sees nothing." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "Before you can find God, you must lose yourself." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, "For my sake, the entire world was created."" ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "Fear builds walls to bar the light." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "He who is full of joy is full of love." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "When a father complains that his son has taken to evil ways, what should he do? Love him more than ever." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "To pull a friend out of the mire, don't hesitate to get dirty." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God." ~ Baal Shem Tov

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

 "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

 "I am going out one door, and shall go through another." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "Everything above and below is one unity." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "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

 "Pleasures are manifestations of God's name." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "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

 "Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot." ~ Baal Shem Tov

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

 "For my sake, the entire world was created." ~ Baal Shem Tov

 "Mind is the foundation of man." ~ Baal Shem Tov