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

Baal Shem Tov Quotes

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

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

— Baal Shem Tov

To pull a friend out of the mire, don’t hesitate to get dirty.

— 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

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

Fear builds walls to bar the light.

— 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

Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, “For my sake, the entire world was created.”

— Baal Shem Tov

Mind is the foundation of man.

— Baal Shem Tov

I am going out one door, and shall go through another.

— Baal Shem Tov

Everything above and below is one unity.

— Baal Shem Tov

Unless we believe that God renews creation every day, our prayers grow habitual and tedious.

— 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

As man acts, God reacts.

— Baal Shem Tov

Pleasures are manifestations of God’s name.

— Baal Shem Tov

Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.

— Baal Shem Tov

For my sake, the entire world was created.

— 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

Just as we love ourselves despite the shortcomings we have, so should we love others despite the shortcomings they have.

— Baal Shem Tov
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