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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.

Religion Means Goal And Way, Politics Implies End And Means. The Political End Is Recognizable By The Fact That It May Be Attained--in Success--and Its Attainment Is Historically Recorded. The Religious Goal Remains, Even In Man's Highest Experiences, That Which Simply Provides Direction On The Mortal Way; It Never Enters Into Historical Consummation.

We Can Be Redeemed Only To The Extent To Which We See Ourselves.

The Biblical Passage Which Says Of Abraham And The Three Visiting Angels: "and He Stood Over Them Under The Tree And They Did Eat" Is Interpreted By Rabbi Zusya To The Effect That Man Stands Above The Angels, Because He Knows Something Unknown To Them, Namely, That Eating May Be Hallowed By The Eater's Intention.... Any Natural Act, If Hallowed, Leads To God, And Nature Needs Man For What No Angel Can Perform On It, Namely, Its Hallowing.

One Need Ask Only 'what For? What Am I To Unify My Being For?' The Reply Is: Not For My Own Sake.