Pirkei Avot, 3:18.
Source: Going Home: Jesus and Buddha as Brothers
“First, a man is created in his own image, and only afterwards in the image of God.”
As quoted in Leaping Souls : Rabbi Menachem Mendel And The Spirit Of Kotzk (1993) by Chaim Feinberg
Variant translation: Man must "guard himself and his uniqueness, and not imitate his fellow … for initially man was created in his own image, and only afterwards in the image of God.
“Beloved has been created in your image and sent to you in order to put you on the right path.”
Source: The Sayings and Teachings of the Great Mystics of Islam (2004), p. 269
Audio lectures, Creationism and Psychology (n. d.)
551-553
Fruits of Solitude (1682), Part I
Context: Did we believe a final Reckoning and Judgment; or did we think enough of what we do believe, we would allow more Love in Religion than we do; since Religion it self is nothing else but Love to God and Man. He that lives in Love lives in God, says the Beloved Disciple: And to be sure a Man can live no where better. It is most reasonable Men should value that Benefit, which is most durable. Now Tongues shall cease, and Prophecy fail, and Faith shall be consummated in Sight, and Hope in Enjoyment; but Love remains.
“True superstition is ignorant honesty & this is beloved of god and man.”
1780s, Annotations to Lavater (1788)
