Quotes by Kotzker Rebbe

Why do you call out to G‑d and beseech that He have mercy on Israel? Better to call out to the people that they have mercy on G‑d!

Elijah the Prophet will not enter through the door or even the window. He will come by way of your heart and your mind.

Silence is the most beautiful of all sounds.

When a person has reason to cry, and he wants to cry, but is not able to cry—that’s the greatest cry of all.

A great generation can make do with petty leaders. But a lowly generation needs great leaders.

Even a wagon driver is a leader. And woe is to the wagoner whose horses take control.

I’ve never wanted to serve a G‑d whose ways would be understandable to mere mortals.

When people ask me what not to do, I can tell them. But to know what they should do, that’s something they need to ask themselves.

A horse walks down the middle of the road. A human being, on the other hand, sticks to one extreme or the other.

People tend to look upwards, contemplating the mysteries of the heavens. They would do well to look inward and examine what’s happening within themselves.

Topics: inner-space, introspection, mussar