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It’s like G‑d is saying, “I don’t want your mitzvot; I don’t want your good deeds.”
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True happiness is the highest form of self-sacrifice.
There, in that state, there is no sense of self
—not even awareness that you are happy.
True happiness is somewhere beyond “knowing.”
Beyond self.
All the more so when you bring joy to others.
Likutei Sichot vol. 16, pp. 365–372.
Sixty Days of Joy
Moreover, do not speak of depressing matters, Heaven forbid. Rather, appear to be in a state of joy, as if you are full of happiness in your heart. Even if there is no happiness in your heart at that moment, in the end there will be. How we act eventually affects how we feel.
– The Tzemach Tzedek, Igrot pg. 324
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