One Cannot In The Nature Of Things

When People Come To You For Help, Do Not Turn Them Off With Pious Words, Saying, 'have Faith And Take Your Troubles To God.' Act Instead As Though There Were No God, As Though There Were Only One Person In The World Who Could Help -- Only Yourself.

Here Is The Infallible Test. Imagine Yourself In A Situation Where You Are Alone, Wholly Alone On Earth, And You Are Offered One Of The Two, Books Or Men. I Often Hear Men Prizing Their Solitude But That Is Only Because There Are Still Men Somewhere On Earth Even Though In The Far Distance. I Knew Nothing Of Books When I Came Forth From The Womb Of My Mother, And I Shall Die Without Books, With Another Human Hand In My Own. I Do, Indeed, Close My Door At Times And Surrender Myself To A Book, But Only Because I Can Open The Door Again And See A Human Being Looking At Me.

This Is The Risk: The Primary Word Can Only Be Spoken With The Whole Being. He Who Gives Himself To It May Withhold Nothing Of Himself.

Solitude Is The Place Of Purification.

I Shall Teach You The Best Way To Say Torah. You Must Cease To Be Aware Of Yourselves. You Must Be Nothing But An Ear That Hears What The Universe Of The Word Is Constantly Saying Within You. The Moment You Start Hearing What You Yourself Are Saying, You Must Stop.