People will then say about him, "What a beautiful…

People will then say about him, "What a beautiful form and what despicable actions," because man primarily resembles the Heavenly image and likeness through His actions, so in order to resemble Hashem we must act as He does.

— from True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values) · Tomer Devorah: Rabbi Moshe Cordevereo's Classic Guide to Emulating Hashem's Thirteen Attri

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In the end, you decide, which means you own every choice. The highest aim is simply this: to become the kind of person whose word and judgment can be trusted — and, in the older language, to resemble the divine, who is kind and compassionate, by being kind and compassionate ourselves, because a person resembles his Maker through his actions. The tradition treats that not as a lovely ideal but as a binding obligation: just as He is compassionate, so must we be. — True North (Ethics, Integrity, Truth, Values)

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