Gedolim Quotes – Page 18 – Words of wisdom from the wisest men in Jewish History

Where is G‑d? Wherever He is allowed in.

He who doesn’t see G‑d everywhere isn’t capable of seeing Him anywhere.

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.

True Torah greatness has nothing to do with natural ‘kishronot’, but rather with ones diligence and determination.

There is only one way to produce true Torah leaders. That is, through focusing all the powers of ones will and intellectual capacities on Torah learning.

R Aharon Kotler

Just like a machine, the more complex it is, the more refined fuel it requires. So too with spiritual prohibitions, the greater one becomes, the more he has to guard himself from spiritual dangers.

R Yechezkel Levenstein

The main purpose of Tefila is not to get us out of problems. The purpose of problems is to get us into Tefila

R Yitzchok Hutner

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