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Likutei Moharan II 48:
וְדַע, שֶׁהָאָדָם צָרִיך לַעֲבר עַל גֶּשֶׁר צַר מְאד מְאד וְהַכְּלָל וְהָעִקָּר שֶׁלּא יִתְפַּחֵד כְּלָל
According to Wikipedia, the song adaptation was composed by Boruch Chait of The Rabbi's Sons.
Likutei Moharan II 24:
מִצְוָה גְּדוֹלָה לִהְיוֹת בְּשִׂמְחָה תָּמִיד
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Rabbi Re'uven Brauner wrote a pamphlet indexing verses used in prayer called "Shimush Pesukim" (in halakhah.com): http://halakhah.com/rst/pesukim.pdf
However, the specific verse you quoted is not found in that index (nor do I remember it), except for a haftarah.
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Regarding the first quote "The whole world is a very narrow bridge..." I can only find "A man must traverse a very narrow bridge...". Perhaps the songwriter wrote the song based on those words which are attributed to Rabbi Nachman.
Regarding "It is a great mitzvah to be happy constantly". This is mentioned in Likuteh Morahan Tinyana 24
מצוה גדולה להיות ...
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I'm not sure to which Rav you're referring, but the Gemara in Masechet Shabbat 104A (Hebrew, English) states that "one who comes to defile himself is given an opening (i.e. he is permitted, but not actively helped) and one who comes to cleanse himself [...] is helped":
בא ליטמא פותחין לו בא ליטהר מסייעים אותו
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I contacted someone who asked the rabbi from whom I'd heard it. It was the Chazon Ish.
(Which makes sense; he wrote a lot about free will. Fascinatingly, it was his opinion that when we pray for there to be less evil in the world, we are praying that G-d tamper with wicked people's free will. R' Moshe Feinstein disagreed.)
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Just to contribute a tiny bit of data (while agreeing with the other answers that the count varies):
Tonight I was dismantling a pomegranate while waiting for dinner to cook, and one thing led to another, and I found that this single data point had exactly 613 seeds. I only eat about one or two pomegranates a year, so I am unlikely to collect a ...
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I heard that "filled with mitzvot as a pomegranate" is not a reference to a certain number, or even an abundance, but the "fullness".
The phrase אפילו ריקים שבכם מלאים מצוות כרימון is explained as being full like a pomegranate. When a pomegranate grows, its seeds fill it up leaving no space, as opposed to other fruit we know that have some extra space or ...
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I second DoubleAA's comment - I'm hard pressed to think of a navi who doesn't talk about justice.
The most immediate quote for me is Amos 5:24:
Let justice roll down like waters, righteousness like a mighty stream.
Other candidates include:
Micah 6:8: It has been told to you, O mortal, what is good and what the L!RD seeks from you: only to do justice, to ...
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