G-d does not remain in debt, for every good thing a person does, he is recompensed grandly by G-d, with children, health and livelihood, in abundance.
– Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn
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In order to learn, a person does not have to be a sage – every person should learn. A wise person is not merely one who learns, but rather one who sees something positive in every person, and from him, he learns that positive quality.
– Rabbi Yosef Yitzhak Schneersohn
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The very fact you know about someone who is in trouble means that in some way you are able to help. Otherwise, why would this knowledge have entered your world?
– Rabbi Tzvi Freeman
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The sincere believers of every creed will share in the joys of the World to Come . . . God looks into our hearts and judges us, not according to our belief but according to our honesty. He sheds His blessing equally upon the noble Gentile and the pious Jew . . . The sincerest prayer is the prayer of the hands. The way to Heaven is paved not with holy words, but with worthy deeds.
– Maimonides, as quoted by Judith Ish-Kishor, Tales from the Wise Men of Israel