וְהָיָה רָגִיל לְהַתְחִיל בְּכָל פַּעַם מֵחָדָשׁ, דְּהַיְנוּ כְּשֶׁנָּפַל מִמַּדְרֵגָתוֹ לִפְעָמִים, לֹא הָיָה מְיָאֵשׁ עַצְמוֹ בִּשְׁבִיל זֶה, רַק אָמַר שֶׁיַּתְחִיל מֵחָדָשׁ כְּאִלּוּ לֹא הִתְחִיל עֲדַיִן כְּלָל לִכְנֹס בַּעֲבוֹדָתוֹ יִתְבָּרַךְ רַק עַתָּה הוּא מַתְחִיל מֵחָדָשׁ. The Rebbe became accustomed to constantly begin anew. Whenever he fell from his particular level, he did not give up. He would simply say, “I will act as if I am just beginning to devote myself to God and this is the very first time.”
וְכֵן בְּכָל פַּעַם וּפַעַם, תָּמִיד הָיָה רָגִיל לְהַתְחִיל מֵחָדָשׁ. וְהָיָה לוֹ כַּמָּה הַתְחָלוֹת בְּיוֹם אֶחָד, שֶׁגַּם בְּיוֹם אֶחָד לִפְעָמִים נָפַל מֵעֲבוֹדָתוֹ וְהָיָה מַתְחִיל מֵחָדָשׁ וְכֵן כַּמָּה פְּעָמִים בְּיוֹם אֶחָד. This happened time and again, and each time he would start all over again. He would often begin anew many times in a single day. For even in the course of a day, there were many times when he would fall away from his high level of devotion. But each time he would start again, no matter how many times it happened, even within a single day (see “His Wisdom” #48).