“When all the people in the world unanimously agree to annul and eradicate the desire to receive for themselves within them, and will have no other desire but to bestow upon their friends, all worries and harmful ones will be banished from the earth, and each will be secured a complete and healthy life. In the end, each of us will have a whole world to care for our needs.”

Baal HaSulam, in Introduction to the Book of Zohar. Featured in Kabbalah Today (issue #3, May 2007), section “Quotes of Great Kabbalists.”

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