Sichot HaRan Chapter 166
Can copy this into an AI, or connect the whole library to your assistant. For deeper learning, you can directly use the original seforim, sites, and apps.
שָׁמַעְתִּי בִּשְׁמוֹ שֶׁאָמַר: הָעוֹלָם סוֹבְרִים שֶׁמֵּחֲמַת שֶׁאֲנִי נֶכֶד הַבַּעַל־שֵׁם־טוֹב ז"ל, מֵחֲמַת זֶה זָכִיתִי לְמַדְרֵגָתִי. לֹא כֵן הוּא, רַק עִם דָּבָר אֶחָד הִצְלַחְתִּי. וְעַל יְדֵי זֶה זָכִיתִי לַעֲלוֹת לְמַה שֶּׁזָּכִיתִי.
Rabbi Nachman's Wisdom, trans. Aryeh Kaplan, Jerusalem. Breslov Research Institute, 1973
I heard that the Rebbe once said, “People think I am worthy of this great level because I am a great-grandson of the holy Baal Shem Tov. Nothing could be further from the truth. It came in another way completely, and through this I was worthy. Mit ein zach iz mir giraten – My success came through just one thing” (see “His Praises” #26).