"When I die and face the heavenly court, if they ask me why I was not more like Abraham, I will say that I didn't have Abraham's intellectual abilities. If they say, 'Why weren't you more like Moses?' then I will explain that I did not have Moses' talent for leadership. For every such question I will have an answer, but if they say, 'Zusha, why were you not Zusha?' for that I will have no answer."
Hassidic Rabbi Meshulan Zusha of Hanipol (1718 - 1800)
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