The mind changes directions like the flight of a bird and it takes a great deal of strength and wisdom to hunt that bird down lessons from G-d
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
All my life I have been troubled by this verse You will love G-d with all your soul even if he takes your soul When will I have the opportunity to fulfill this?
Rabbi Akiva
The entire purpose of life is not to be rewarded or even recognized but to love and serve G-d to be there for him when he needs you most with all your heart soul and might no matter how challenging or strange an endeavor even if everyone finds you most unqualified
Chazaq
Let me fall if I must fall The one I am becoming will catch me
Baal Shem Tov
If you want to pull someone out of the mire, it is not enough to stand above them with an outstretched hand. You yourself have to climb into the muck, immersing yourself fully in the mud. Only then can you grasp them with both hands and pull them out with you.
Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin
I am going out one door and shall go through another
Baal Shem Tov
Tears open gates. Music demolishes walls.
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav
I accustomed myself not to want that which I do not want.
Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz
If I want something then I must speak it into being. The Lord spoke the world into being. All prayers should be spoken aloud.
Chazaq