Likutei Moharan Torah 189
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צָרִיךְ לִזָּהֵר מְאֹד מֵעַצְבוּת וְעַצְלוּת, כִּי עִקַּר נְשִׁיכַת הַנָּחָשׁ הוּא עַצְבוּת וְעַצְלוּת, בִּבְחִינַת (ישעיהו ס״ה:כ״ה): וְנָחָשׁ עָפָר לַחְמוֹ; עָפָר הִיא בְּחִינַת עַצְבוּת וְעַצְלוּת, שֶׁהֵם בָּאִים מִיסוֹד הֶעָפָר, כַּמּוּבָא בַּסְּפָרִים:
Likutey Moharan Volumes 12-15, trans. by Moshe Mykoff. Breslov Research Inst., 1986-2012
One has to be very vigilant against sadness and sluggishness. For the bite of the serpent is mainly sadness and sluggishness, as in (Isaiah 65:25), “Dust shall be the serpents food.” “Dust” corresponds to sadness and sluggishness which come from the element of dust, as is brought in the writings. Study above, Likutey Moharan I, 56:end.