Nachman of Breslov Quotes:

While praying, listen to the words very carefully. When your heart is attentive, your entire being enters your prayer without your having to force it.

Topics: Inspirational, Prayer, Heart

If you won't be better tomorrow than you were today, then what do you need tomorrow for?

Topics: Life And Love, Today, Needs, Better Tomorrow

Always help those who are being persecuted.

Topics: Helping

Worldly riches are like nuts; many a tooth is broke in cracking them, but never is the stomach filled with eating them.

Topics: Nuts, Riches, Teeth

Grant me the ability to be alone, May it be my custom to go outdoors each day among the trees and grasses among all growing things and there may I be alone, and enter into prayer to talk with the one that I belong to.

Topics: Prayer, Garden, Tree, Growing Things

It is a great mitzvah to be happy always.

source: - "JOY: It is a great mitzvah to be happy always!" by Chaim Kramer, www.breslov.org. September 08, 2011.

Topics: Happiness, Mitzvah

Even if you can't sing well, sing. Sing to yourself. Sing in the privacy of your home. But sing.

Topics: Home, Musical, Privacy

Always wear a smile. The gift of life will then be yours to give.

Topics: Giving, Gifts Of Life

The Exodus from Egypt occurs in every human being, in every era, in every year, and in every day.

Topics: Years, Egypt, Eras, Exodus

There is Truth, the truth of the Truth and there is Peace. The Truth is 'the boy stole an apple', the truth of the Truth is 'the boy was hungry' and Peace is 'nobody stole anything, now, give the boy an apple!'

Topics: Truth, Boys, Apples

Disparage no book, for it is also a part of the world.

Topics: Book, World

If you never want to see the face of hell, when you come home from work every night, dance with your kitchen towel and, if you're worried about waking up your family, take off your shoes.

Topics: Dance, Home, Night

If you are not a better person tomorrow than you are today, what need have you for a tomorrow?

Topics: Encouragement, Perseverance, Today

Whoever is able to write a book and does not, it is as if he has lost a child

Topics: Children, Book, Writing

Prayers truly from the heart open all doors in Heaven.

Topics: Prayer, Heart, Heaven

Teach a child good manners during babyhood.

Topics: Children, Good Man, Manners, Babyhood

The best weapons of a Jew are his prayers.

Topics: Prayer, Jew

The I is the soul, which endures.

Topics: Soul, Endure

The man who acts humble in order to win praise is guilty of the lowest form of pride.

Topics: Humble, Pride, Winning

He who has no confidence utters falsehoods, and he who utters falsehoods has no confidence.

Topics: No Confidence, Falsehood

The man who disobeys his parents will have disobedient sons.

Topics: Son, Men, Parent

More men die from overeating than undernourishment.

Topics: Men, Overeating

Man must not rely on pure reason; he must mix faith with it.

Topics: Men, Reason, Rely

Lies are usually caused by an undue fear of men.

Topics: Lying, Men

Knowledge that is paid for will be longer remembered.

Just as your hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain, so this small earthly life keeps us from seeing the vast radiance that fills the core of the universe.

Topics: Eye, Mountain, Universe

He who cannot accept reproof cannot become great.

Topics: Accepting, Reproof

Include yourself in any reproof.

Topics: Reproof

I conquered my hostility by putting it away until the day I might need it.

Topics: Hostility

The man who has led a good life will find many allies.

Topics: Good Life, Men, He Man

The prosperity of a country can be seen simply in how it treats its old people.

Topics: Country, People, Prosperity

Where there is no truth there is no grace.

Topics: Grace

Where there is no peace, prayers are not heard.

Topics: Prayer

Where there is no compassion, crime increases.

Topics: Compassion, Crime, No Compassion

Whenever a treaty of peace is signed, God is present.

When you help scholars, you gain a share in their learning.

Topics: Helping, Share, Scholar

When a father is quick to lose his tempre, his sons are fools.

Topics: Father, Son, Fool

We each have the kind of children we deserve.

Topics: Children, Kind, Deserve

Victory cannot tolerate truth.

Topics: Victory, Tolerate

Unfounded hate only multiplies quarrels.

Topics: Hate

Toothaches afflict those who have no compassion for animals.

Topics: Animal, Compassion, Toothache, No Compassion

To revive a man is no slight thing.

Topics: Men, Revive

Those who are pure of heart find new thoughts whenever they meditate.

Topics: Heart, New Thought

The world goes on because of those who close their lips when they meet hostility from others.

Topics: World, Hostility

The Torah itself becomes coarse in the mouth of a man of pride.

Topics: Pride, Men, Torah, Coarse

Common sense is strengthened by joy.

Topics: Common Sense, Joy, Common

If you do not help a man with his troubles, it is equivalent to bringing troubles to him.

Topics: Men, Helping, Trouble

If all the ancient sacred writings had been preserved, some would be found to be heretical.

Topics: Writing, Ancient

An angry man is unfit to pray.

Topics: Anger, Men, Praying, Angry Man

Always help the persecuted.

Topics: Helping

A strict master will not have understanding sons.

Topics: Son, Understanding

A quarrelsome man deserves no honors.

Topics: Men, Honor, Deserve

A poor but humble man who gives nothing to charity is preferrable to a rich but haughty man who does.

Topics: Humble, Men, Giving, Haughty, Humble Man

A modest woman has good children.

Topics: Children, Modest

A mitzvah that costs money is worth more than one that costs nothing.

A man should eat slowly, properly, even if he eats alone.

Topics: Men

A man should believe in God through faith, not because of miracles.

Topics: Believe, Men, Miracle

A man's drive for profit should be prompted by the desire to give charity.

Topics: Giving, Desire, Charity

A drunkard cannot plead his case.

Topics: Drunkards

If we do not help a man in trouble, it is as if we caused the trouble.

Topics: Men, Morality, Helping

Arbitration is justice blended with charity.

Topics: Justice, Charity, Arbitration

Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity.

Topics: Prayer, Men, Giving

God forgets those who reject proof that they are wrong.

Topics: Forget

Freedom is the world of joy.

Topics: Joy, World

Flattery leads to vulgarity; the flatterer is despised.

Topics: Flattery, Vulgarity, Flatterer

Feel no sadness because of evil thoughts: it only strengthens them.

Topics: Sadness, Evil, Evil Thoughts

Faith is not only in the heart; it should be put into words.

Topics: Heart

Even the poor should give something to charity.

Topics: Giving, Charity, Poor

Elderly men who are popular with young women usually lack wisdom.

Topics: Men, Young Women

Better a superstitious believer than a rational unbeliever.

Topics: Rational, Believer, Superstitious

Charity cures heartaches.

Topics: Heartache, Charity

Charity with a smile shows the donor's character.

Topics: Character, Charity

Don't ask God to change the laws of nature for you.

Topics: Laws Of Nature

Don't ever fret over married children; they will take care of themselves.

Topics: Children, Care, Married

Find a day for yourself-better yet, late at night. Go to the forest or to the field, or lock yourself in a room ... You will meet solitude there. There you will be able to listen attentively to the noise of the wind first, to birds singing, to see wonderful nature and to notice yourself in it ... and to come back to harmonic connection with the world and its Creator.

Topics: Night, Wind, Bird, Wonderful Nature

Proper praying is like a person who wanders through a field gathering flowers-one by one, until they make a beautiful bouquet. In the same manner, a person must gather each letter, each syllable, to form them into words of prayer.

Topics: Beautiful, Prayer, Flower

Thinking is more precious than all five senses.

Topics: Thinking, Five Senses

The essence of peace is to merge two opposites. Therefore your notions should not scare you if you see another, who absolutely opposes you, and you presume that there is no chance for peace between you two. On the same token when you see two individuals who are exactly two opposites, never say it would be impossible for them to reconcile. On the contrary, and this is the perfection of peace to make it between two opposites.

Topics: Essence, Opposites, Two, Two Opposites

Always remember, joy is not incidental to spiritual quest. It is vital.

Topics: Spiritual, Joy, Quests

You are wherever your thoughts are, make sure your thoughts are where you want to be.

Topics: Want

Let the good in me connect with the good in others, until all the world is transformed through the compelling power of love.

Topics: World, Power Of Love, Compelling

Get into the habit of singing a tune. It will give you new life and fill you with joy. Get into the habit of dancing. It will displace depression and dispel hardship.

Topics: Giving, Dancing, Joy

Work at not needing approval from anyone and you will be free to be who you really are.

Topics: Approval

All new beginnings require that you unlock a new door.

Topics: New Beginnings, Doors

Seek the good in everyone, and reveal it, bring it forth.

Believe that none of the effort you put into coming closer to God is ever wasted - even if in the end you don't achieve what you are striving for.

Topics: Believe, Effort, Strive

Depression does tremendous damage. Use every ploy you can think of to bring yourself to joy.

Topics: Thinking, Joy, Doe, Ploy

When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, he is worthy to become a leader.

Topics: War, Men, Leader

Who lacks confidence speaks lies more readily.

Topics: Lying, Speak