Solace and Life Talks

• And even if the entire world tells you “you are righteous”, you should consider yourself like a wicked person
• The worldly fortune or misfortune of a righteous person is actually a reflection of his or her inner perfection
• The impulse to good is their internal judge of what to do or not to do
• Even the Angel of Death could not overpower him
  
• Negative temperament: resentment in the heart for without arrogance there would be no resentment in the heart, seeking power and honor to show off to others, and hatred for somebody because he is greater than you
• I can control my emotions because what I feel is always an outcome of what I think
• Better in one hour of repentance and good deeds in this world than all the life of the world-that-is-coming
• In order to benefit yourself and the universe, you must have a higher intention in mind beyond mere self-gratification
• I can tackle the negative indirectly by focusing on the positive
• It doesn’t mean you’ve given up on the pleasures of life; you’ve replaced them with even greater pleasures
• The Animal Soul exists only so that you will be challenged to overcome it and be victorious over it
• By refusing to listen to the Animal Soul, your soul matures immensely
• The individual has achieved an impressive degree of self-mastery to the extent that his Animal Soul no longer harbors any desire for self-gratification
• Someone that sins once a year and someone that sins once a minute have something in common: their evil has not been eliminated and can overcome them. They are currently at war with their darker side
• Your brain naturally rules over your heart. You might not be able to control your urges, but with your will-power you can prevent the urges from ever affecting your behavior
• You cannot stop inappropriate thoughts from entering your mind, but as soon as you become aware of them, you can choose to divert your mind to different thoughts
• If somebody wronged you, that misfortune was meant to happen to you
• For even when your heart lusts and desires a certain physical pleasure, you strengthen yourself and completely divert your attention from it
• Your actions, speech and thoughts are under your complete control. Right now, you can achieve total self-mastery if you so desire. The key to this is focusing on the “now”. Don’t obsess over how bad you were in the past
• To win the war against the “impulse to evil” you need to avoid sadness and maintain a positive, upbeat mood
• If there was no pain, there would be no pleasure
• And you shall not follow after your heart and after your eyes, after which you stray
• Be humble in spirit before everyone
• Don’t judge another person until you have been in his circumstances
• Always judge others favorably because you don’t know their circumstances and the power of their impulse to evil
• From the forest itself comes the handle for the axe which chips down the forest
• A person should always make his impulse to good angry at his impulse to evil
• Love your fellow as yourself
• You only transcend yourself completely when you rise above the tendency to process everything cognitively, and can remain in a state of wonder and mental openness
• Even if you don’t find it easy to focus your thoughts, with a determined effort you will succeed
• Emotions are always mirrored. If you love someone, they will instinctively love you back