In matters relating to his enemies and those who are envious of him, he should trust in the Creator, May He be exalted, and bear their scorn. He should not pay them back in kind but with kindness, and any favor that he can do them he should do, bearing in mind that his well-being and injury are in the hands of the Creator. If his enemies should cause him injury, he should judge them favorably and suspect himself and his deeds of having been previously evil in G-d's sight. He should plead before G-d and ask Him to forgive his sins. Then his enemies will become his friends.
Once, on a Motzoei Shabbos, the chasidim were sitting in the bais medrash of the Ruzhiner Rebbe zy”a for Melave Malka. Suddenly, the Rebbe opened the door of his room next to the bais medrash, stood at the entrance, and said, “The Baal Shem Tov was not a deity, and the zaida, the Magid, was not just an ordinary wagon driver. And once, when the holy Baal Shem Tov prayed, his talis fringe fell out of his gartel and dragged on the floor. The Magid approached, picked it up, and put it back in the gartel, but he was trembled with such tremendous fear that he fainted and his life was in danger. They were compelled to rouse the Baal Shem Tov from his deep dveikus in order to calm him.” He then added, “I told you that the Baal Shem Tov was not a deity and my zaida, the Magid, was no wagon driver. Still and all, when he touched the Besht’s garment, he fainted from fear. The entire world is Hashem’s garment. How much fear must we feel to touch this world!” May the memory of the...