You must be very, very stubborn, especially in this matter: to begin anew each and every day and at every moment, training yourself to hold back your thoughts so they don't wander outside, God forbid. Free choice is always yours.
And you must also plead with Hashem about this a great deal, for everything depends on thought, as you know yourself.
Alim LeTerufah, Letter 54
There is no despair in the world at all.
Gevalt! Never give up hope!
Likutei Moharan II, 78
Through collecting taxes a person falls from his level.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §2
When you lack truth, success is taken from you and given to the nations.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §17
Blessing comes swiftly upon the work of Torah scholars' hands.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §6
Through trust in Hashem you will be saved from fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §3
One whose success has been cut off and who no longer succeeds will not quickly succeed again.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §5
A house, a child, and a wife are signs of success.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §10
A test comes in order to raise a person up and make him known.
Sefer HaMidos, A Test, Part I §1
Through jealousy one falls from his level.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §3
At the moment fear comes upon a wicked person, it is known that at that moment Hashem is granting the tzaddik his desire.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §1
Do not ask advice except from a man, and not from a woman.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §10
Through keeping Shabbos a person is like a son who is indulged by his father, who fulfills his requests. He also decrees and Hashem fulfills it.
And the principal of his good deeds remains intact for Olam Haba, while he enjoys only their fruits [in this world].
Sefer HaMidos, The Sabbath, Part I §5
Through an oath a person's longing is cut off.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §6
Through rebuke you will find grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §7
One who is always joyful succeeds through this.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part II §1
Engaging in Torah is a segulah for success.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §7
The tzaddik who truly leads the world will not fall from his stature.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §14
Engaging in Torah while on the road grants grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §13
Through truth a person is saved from fear at night.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §19
He should also guard himself from forbidden foods and guard his mouth from forbidden speech.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §4
Through reverence for a Torah scholar you will merit grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §10
One who follows his wife's advice falls into Gehinnom.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §9
One who stumbles in his speech, when the natural habit of his tongue should let him say all he needs to, one who stumbles in his usual way of speaking, it is known that his livelihood has diminished, and he needs great kindness and salvation for Hashem to grant him a livelihood.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §5
Torah, maaser, and Shabbos also give physical life.
Sefer HaMidos, The Sabbath, Part I §1
Through lowliness one merits grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §2
When there is some fear and afterward a fire breaks out, it is known that the fear will cease.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §22
When you help the Jewish people, advice will help you.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §7
A person falls because of the desire for money.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §10
When you see that your friends do not help you, it is known that no plan will help you.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §6
When fear comes upon a person, he should know that one born under the same sign as he has come into some trouble.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part II §1
One who flees from honor while honor pursues him will certainly not descend or fall from his honor.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §15
Olive oil is a segulah for grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §8
For grace, bring guests into your home.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §3
Through jealousy a person does not walk a steady path:
sometimes he prays with fervor and learns with diligence, and sometimes prayer and learning are a burden to him.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §4
Fear comes through anger.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §30
In a city whose people take care not to go beyond the Shabbos boundary, meat is cheap.
Sefer HaMidos, The Sabbath, Part I §3
One who is in the habit of cursing will, because of it, have no clothes for Shabbos.
Sefer HaMidos, The Sabbath, Part I §2
When you begin to do a mitzvah and you begin it with all your heart, you will succeed in that mitzvah and no harm will befall you.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §8
On a night when you have fear during your sleep, do not set out on a journey that day.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part II §4
One who has fears should sing a song of joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §11
When a person slips and falls, it is because he had strengthened himself to commit a sin.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §7
One who has fear, it is a sign that Hashem has hidden His face from him, and a sign that judgments rest upon him.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §33
One whose heart falls from its fervor, it is because he hates the tzaddik.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §13
When a person prays with a minyan in which there are wicked people, sometimes they cast him down.
The segulah for this is to raise his hands upward during the prayer.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §12
The light of a candle is a segulah against fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §28
Through confession you will succeed.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §15
Through humility you will have no fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §20
It is good to ask advice from elders.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §2
A segulah to dispel fear: to remember Avraham Avinu.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §4
Advice is more effective in the field.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §8
One who does not leave bread over on his table will never see a sign of blessing.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §8
By picturing the Name Elokim before your eyes, fears will leave you.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §12
Words spoken calmly are accepted by people.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §11
Through faith in the sages, success comes.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §19
A segulah to dispel fear: to say "Hashem Tzevaos."
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §6
One who consumes the money of Jews, fears come upon him.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §13
Since he mentioned only the good side and not the opposite, this is not divination.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §9
When a person is close to death, even while he is still in good health and does not know that he is destined to die, he nevertheless becomes afraid and says with his mouth that he will die.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part II §5
Through worry and fear the heart becomes closed.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §31