The world thinks we can make peace and then we’ll be happy. But the answer is just the other way around. There’ll never be peace unless we’re happy.
A heart which is filled with joy has no place for hatred. It doesn’t belong there, it just doesn’t go in! Even if you try, it just doesn’t go. ~ R’ Shlomo Carlebach
We must be aware of converting reality into such abstraction that our sins no longer seem real to us.
~ R’ Shraga Silverstein
Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, an amateur builder built the ark; professionals built the Titanic.
Emunah and Bitachon are segulos for happiness.
Believe that everything is exactly as it should be, and trust in Hashem that things will become better, and you will be happy with your lot.
~ R’ Elimelech Biderman
If you say, I won’t bother Him (Hashem) for such a small thing; I’ll try to catch the bus myself, without Him, you’re off the tracks already.
In everything you try to do, remember to include Hashem; He doesn’t mind being bothered.
~ R’ Avigdor Miller
There isn’t a single moment when Hakadosh Baruch Hu isn’t working for each individual. ~ The Or HaChaim (Shemos 22:6)
Do you want an easy life or do you want a better life?
All your existence will come down to that question.
Have you ever spoken to people who regret their choices, who wish they could live their lives again?
You ask them, so why didn’t you choose right the first time, and they say, “I don’t know.” They went for easy, then they went for easy again, and they were never able to get off the train.
The way to change that now, while you still can, is to be prepared to ask yourself, “What’s the best life that I can be living? Is this the best I can be doing, or maybe I could be doing better?
~ R’ Dovid Orlofsky
However long we live, life is short, too short. Every day matters. Every day in which we do not do some good deed, take some step towards G-d, is a day wasted – and our days on earth are too few to waste even one.
~ R’ Lord Jonathan Sacks zt”l
We should be so happy right now!
Due to the purity that Bnei Yisrael achieved on Yom Kippur, there is immense joy in heaven. Therefore, we should be happy with Hashem’s joy. ~ The Sfas Emes
From the Torah, the mitzvah of lulav is on the first day of Succos, but the mitzvah to be happy on Succos is for all seven days. The Imrei Noam zt’l says that this is to tell us that Hashem loves it when His nation is happy and in good spirits, therefore he made this mitzvah for seven days.
How much effort Bnei Yisrael invests to get the four minim! Some spend hours, seeking the best they can find. Let this be a sign of how much effort we should invest to be happy, for this is a mitzvah from the Torah for all seven days of Succos. ~ R’ Elimelech Biderman
