Emuna Daily

Rabbi Nachman says, “The world exists only because of a person who makes himself into nothing.”

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it’s thinking of yourself less.

~ Gedale Fenster

It disgusts me to see them acquiring and acquiring – another hat, a second silk dress.

We need only one of a thing.

Maybe two if it’s shoes.

~ The Kotzker Rebbe zt”l

Prayer has to come from your heart.  It’s got to come from, “Hashem, I don’t need this, I don’t need that, I just need You!” 

If that’s your prayer, you don’t even have to tell Him what you need.  Because if my daughter says, “Dad, I love you more than anything else in the world, I just need you,” I’ll take care of what she needs.

She won’t have to ask me. I’ll ask her what she needs.

~ R’ Zecharia Wallerstein zt”l

Nothing is small, because everything you do for Hashem and for other people is forever. 

~ Rav Avigdor Miller zt”l

What determines the direction of a sailboat, the wind or the sails?  It can’t be the wind, because sometimes you see sailboats going in opposite directions. So clearly, it’s the sails.

As we journey through life, there are winds, waves and storms, but we are the captains of our vessels. The sails are our thoughts. Who controls them?

We do. We are the captains.

You can have two people; one sails to a safe, happy harbor and the other ends up in the opposite direction. It’s up to you.  You’re the captain.  ~ R’ Dov Greenberg

If you are going to ask “why” when things go wrong, then you also have to ask “why” when things go right. 

There is nothing greater for our spiritual growth than humility.

~ Gedale Fenster

God counts hours of learning – not pages.

~ R’ Ezra Attiya zt”l

The relationship between us and our Creator resembles the relationship between a husband and wife.

When there are difficulties in a relationship, the first thing to do is work on communication and start talking to each other.

~ R’ Shimshon Dovid Pinkus zt”l

We all have something to share, whether we’re wealthy or not.

Maybe it’s an invitation to a Shabbos meal, or maybe it’s just a smile or a kind word.

Every one of us has something to give.

Imagine if we can work together, and open up the wellsprings of happiness, laughter and love, and make Klal Yisrael the nation it’s supposed to be, the nation it really is.

~ R’ Dovid Orlofsky shlita

People look up at Heaven and wonder what happens there.  They should rather wonder what goes on inside themselves – and learn the truth of what they feel. ~ The Kotzker Rebbe