Nachman of Breslov

“ For it is your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the peoples — in the eyes of the peoples specifically, i.e. that it is in the eyes of the nations at the time we let them know, but immediately after, they know not at all; they only know the secret is by us, for we do not let them know this wisdom in essence, which is like the secret of intercalation, only that there is in this a tact, that we can only show in their eyes, so that they know that this wisdom is by us, but the essence of the secret of the wisdom stays but us. ”

“ Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water. And these waters are like disputation, like (Deut. 20) : waters of strife. And therefore dispute is called pelugta, like (Ps. 65) : the river of Elohim, which is full of water; for from all the dispute a book is made, like questions and response. For dispute is questioning and counterpointing, for they counterpoint and ask him, and he comes back in return, and through this he answers and resolves the question, and from this is made an aspect of a book of questions and response. ”

“ For the intellect is called The Holy (see Zohar Acharei 61) , and they all receive and are included in the aspect of Holy of Holies, which is like the Upper Wisdom, which is made up of all of them, and from there is the sweetening of all the judgements, in particular and in general. ”