The Tradition Of The Camp Fire Faces

The Biblical Passage Which Says Of Abraham And The Three Visiting Angels: "and He Stood Over Them Under The Tree And They Did Eat" Is Interpreted By Rabbi Zusya To The Effect That Man Stands Above The Angels, Because He Knows Something Unknown To Them, Namely, That Eating May Be Hallowed By The Eater's Intention.... Any Natural Act, If Hallowed, Leads To God, And Nature Needs Man For What No Angel Can Perform On It, Namely, Its Hallowing.

Without Being And Remaining Oneself, There Is No Love.

A Story Must Be Told In Such A Way That It Constitutes Help In Itself. My Grandfather Was Lame. Once They Asked Him To Tell A Story About His Teacher. And He Related How The Holy Baal Shem Used To Hop And Dance While He Prayed. My Grandfather Rose As He Spoke, And He Was So Swept Away By His Story That He Himself Began To Hop And Dance To Show How The Master Had Done. From That Hour He Was Cured Of His Lameness. That's How To Tell A Story.

Greatness By Nature Includes A Power, But Not A Will To Power. ... The Great Man, Whether We Comprehend Him In The Most Intense Activity Of His Work Or In The Restful Equipoise Of His Forces , Is Powerful, Involuntarily And Composedly Powerful, But He Is Not Avid For Power. What He Is Avid For Is The Realization Of What He Has In Mind , The Incarnation Of The Spirit .

To Love God Truly, One Must First Love Man. And If Anyone Tells You That He Loves God And Does Not Love His Fellow-man, You Will Know That He Is Lying.