Everybody is unique. Compare not yourself with anybody else lest you spoil God's curriculum.
Baal Shem TovRead
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.
Interpretation
What this quote means
This quote emphasizes the importance of loving others as oneself, stemming from the idea of unity among all humans.
The quote by Baal Shem Tov encourages us to foster love and compassion towards our neighbors, suggesting that our connection to others is rooted in a fundamental unity. This sense of unity implies that when we harm or disregard even one person, we are ultimately harming the whole, as each person is a vital part of the collective human experience.
Themes
LoveUnityNeighborCompassionHumanity
In practice
Example use cases
Discussing community service at a local event.
More from Baal Shem Tov
All quotes →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 TovRead
There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.
Baal Shem TovRead
Similar quotes
Two such as you with such a master speed, cannot be parted nor be swept away, from one another once you are agreed, that life is only life forevermore, together wing to wing and oar to oar.
Robert FrostRead
Close, close all night the lovers keep. They turn together in their sleep, Close as two pages in a book that read each other in the dark. Each knows all the other knows, learned by heart from head to toes.
Elizabeth BishopRead
You have to love. You have to feel. It is the reason you are here on earth. You are here to risk your heart.
Louise ErdrichRead
My reaction to porno films is as follows: After the first ten minutes, I want to go home and screw. After the first twenty minutes, I never want to screw again as long as I live.
Erica JongRead
Well, for instance, when I left her today, she put her arms around me and felt my shoulder blades, to see if my wings were strong, she said.
Kate ChopinRead
The first problem, of course, is that we haven't learned to love ourselves. That's the first problem. We can only give to another what we have to give. And if we have no love over here, we can't give it over there.
Neale Donald WalschRead