Do not be satisfied with the speech of your lips and the thought in your heart, all the promises and good sayings in your mouth, and all the good thoughts in your heart; rather you must arise and do!

— Menachem Mendel of Kotzk T'he Season of the Witch : Le Couer Dechire (2008)

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Source: As quoted in T'he Season of the Witch : Le Couer Dechire (2008) by Etienne De Mendes, p. 545
Work: T'he Season of the Witch : Le Couer Dechire, 2008
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