Shem Tov Quotes

#1. From every human being there rises a light that reaches straight to heaven, and when two souls that are destined to be together find each other, the streams of light flow together and a single brighter light goes forth from that united being.

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#2. Whenever feeling downcast, each person should vitally remember, "For my sake, the entire world was created."

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#3. Side effects from doggie joy may include face lube and leg-humping" ~ Oberon

Kevin Hearne

#4. A broom sweeps clean, and itself becomes soiled; cleanse yourself of those offenses of which you may feel guilty.

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#5. Forgetfulness leads to exile while remembrance is the secret of redemption.

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#6. The central aspect of worship is the feeling of being at one with God.

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#7. Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum.

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#8. People see me now and ask if I'm still running. I may look like I am, but I'm really not. People think I still run every day but I ran for 25 years and I deserve to not do anything but walk or ride the bike with my kids.

Gail Devers

#9. Pleasures are manifestations of God's name.

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

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#11. The world is new to us every morning - and every man should believe he is reborn each day

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#12. He who wants to become a Bhakta must be strong, must be healthy.

Swami Vivekananda

#13. 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.

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#14. If you've not been loved as a child, you don't know how to love a child.

Jane Gardam

#15. The ideal of man is to be a revelation himself, clearly to recognize himself as a manifestation of God.

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#16. 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.

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

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#18. 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.

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#19. I am an artist first and a photographer second.

Andres Serrano

#20. He who is full of joy is full of love.

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#21. Fear builds walls to bar the light.

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#22. There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.

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#23. Mind is the foundation of man.

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#24. 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.

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

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#26. For any of us to come to the understanding that we are common and unlearned is the accomplishment of a lifetime.

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#27. Everything above and below is one unity.

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#28. 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.

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

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#30. An unusual beginning must have an unusual end.

Mikhail Lermontov

#31. Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.

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

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