Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan was a fascinating and very special Yid, who already was a one-man revolution both in Kiruv, and in making profound Torah ideas accessible in English, before his life was tragically cut short. He was also very much into the works of Rebbe Nachman of Breslev, and was surely aware of that מסורה when he wrote his books. (I believe he may even bring the quote by name somewhere in his many ספרים.)
