"Everyone must come out of his Exile in his own way."
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"How would man exist if God did not need him, and how would you exist? You need God in order to be, and God needs you - for that is the meaning of your life."
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"Persons appear by entering into relation to other persons."
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"In the story of the Creation we read: ". . . And behold, it was very good." But, in the passage where Moses reproves Israel, the verse says: "See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil." Where did the evil come from? Evil too is good. It is the lowest rung of perfect goodness. If you do good deeds, even evil will become good; but if you sin, evil will really become evil."
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"There is something that can be found in one place. It is a great treasure which may be called the fulfillment of existence. The place where this treasure can be found is the place where one stands"
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"Egos appear by setting themselves apart from other egos.Persons appear byentering into relationwith other persons."
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"Let us, cautious in diction, And mighty in contradiction, Love powerfully."
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"Before his death, Rabbi Zusya said "In the coming world, they will not ask me: 'Why were you not Moses?' They will ask me: 'Why were you not Zusya?"
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"We should stake our whole existence on our willingness to explore and experience."
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"Mundus vult decipi: the world wants to be deceived."
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"This is the eternal origin of art that a human being confronts a form that wants to become a work through him. Not a figment of his soul but something that appears to the soul and demands the soul's creative power. What is required is a deed that a man does with his whole being."
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"A story must be told in such a way that it constitutes help in itself. My grandfather was lame. Once they asked him to tell a story about his teacher. And he related how the holy Baal Shem used to hop and dance while he prayed. My grandfather rose as he spoke, and he was so swept away by his story that he himself began to hop and dance to show how the master had done. From that hour he was cured of his lameness. That's how to tell a story."
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"He who loves brings God and the World together."
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"There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say."
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"The world is not divine sport, it is divine destiny. There is a divine meaning of the world, of man, of human persons, of you and me."
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"All real living is meeting."
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"To begin with oneself but not to end with onself. To start from oneself but not to aim at oneself."
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"What you must do is love your neighbor as yourself. There is no one who knows your many faults better than you! But you love yourself notwithstanding. And so you must love your neighbor, no matter how many faults you see in him."
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"And if there were a devil it would not be one who decided against God, but one who, in eternity, came to no decision."
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"When I meet a man, I am not concerned about his opinions. I am concerned about the man."
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