When a person comes to live in a city, let him send meat to the city's poor, and through this he will find favor in the eyes of the city's officials.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part II §18
Even a poor person should give tzedakah, and then he will not be shown the signs of poverty.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §70
He will also dwell in his own home; others will not live in his place.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §2
One who breaks the trait of anger will merit a good name.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §32
Great is the power of maaser, for it turns a curse into a blessing.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part II §10
Through fear of Heaven and chesed, one is saved from fire and merits a livelihood.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part II §1
Through humility strife and suffering are nullified.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §12
Through fear of Heaven, Hashem grants a person peace.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §23
Through fear of Heaven, one comes to truth.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §25
Whoever sends all his gifts to a single kohen brings famine to the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §60
Taking interest destroys fear of Heaven.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part II §8
Moshiach will not come until all arrogance has ceased from the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §1
Through humility a person becomes great, and also does not fall from his level.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §17
One who provides for the public thereby draws blessing from Eretz Yisrael to the lands outside it.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part II §16
Through pursuing peace one comes to trust in Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §5
A rich man who lies: the mind cannot bear him, and he is despicable in his own eyes.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §11
Through truth, Hashem's Oneness is revealed in the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part II §2
Through pursuing peace a person saves his children from death and from exile.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §17
When there is no compassion, famine comes to the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Compassion and Mercy, Part I §3
Hospitality to guests is greater than rising early to the study hall and greater than receiving the Shechinah.
Sefer HaMidos, Hospitality, Part I §6
A proud pauper is unbearable. He himself also regrets it later and becomes contemptible in his own eyes.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §21
One who is far from truth is far from tzedakah.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §23
One who looks at the face of a liar comes to anger.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §21
One should not take pride in great spiritual attainments or in good deeds, for everything comes through the tzaddik of the generation, and the person is to the tzaddik as a pen in the hand of a scribe.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §15
Falsehood comes from taking upon oneself the fear of people.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §27
A person's longing to do a mitzvah is a sign that he has fear of Heaven.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §38
When the matter truly requires it, it is permitted to do something that appears as though one is acting proudly.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §24
Through tzedakah one merits children.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part II §15
A segulah for nullifying arrogance: to give tzedakah.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §6
Through arrogance one comes to drunkenness, and the same holds true the other way around.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §4
One who shares in the troubles of Israel and prays for them comes through this to humility.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §1
Through compassion, your cravings will be nullified.
Sefer HaMidos, Compassion and Mercy, Part I §8
It is impossible for a proud person to humble his mind, and he comes to forgetfulness.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §22
One who does not deviate from his word can bring low the lofty and raise up the lowly.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part II §5
One who puts merchandise into the pocket of a Torah scholar merits to sit in the Heavenly Academy.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §61
Anger comes through falsehood.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §19
Hospitality to guests protects against the sin of idolatry.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §23
One who has no compassion goes mad.
Sefer HaMidos, Compassion and Mercy, Part I §6
Through the tzedakah you give, even ministers and kings will be at peace with you.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §36
When people do not give tzedakah, the government issues harsh decrees and takes their money.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §26
Where there is truth, there is peace.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §22
One who gives tzedakah is as if he brought an offering.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §46
Flattery leads to falsehood.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §14
Through jealousy comes bloodshed.
Sefer HaMidos, Envy and Jealousy, Part I §3
Where there is peace, there is no fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §19
One who sees his friend in distress should plead for mercy on his behalf.
Sefer HaMidos, Compassion and Mercy, Part I §10
And he becomes afflicted with tzaraas.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §31
Through generosity one comes to love the tzaddikim.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §44
For fear of Heaven, go to the mikveh.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §31
When you do a mitzvah, see that it does not come to you for free, but at its full price.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §56
When there is no peace, prayers are not accepted.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §12
One who repays evil with good lengthens his days and years.
Sefer HaMidos, Compassion and Mercy, Part I §7
Through the outstanding and keen-minded scholars of the generation, fear of Heaven is illuminated; through fear of Heaven, the merit of the Avos shines forth;
and through the shining forth of the Avos, teshuvah is awakened in the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part II §4
Through those who support the poor, multitudes are saved from plague in their merit.
Also in their merit, expanded consciousness comes before constricted consciousness.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part II §5
Willful sins remove the fear of Heaven from before a person's eyes.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §33
When some sense of greatness comes over you, be concerned about retribution.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §30
Because of lies, a person finds no healing, even with many remedies.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §36
If you guard yourself from baseless hatred, then when you have a dispute with a strong-armed man who refuses to compromise with you, he will come to a compromise with you.
Sefer HaMidos, Love, Part I §9
The company of liars do not receive the presence of the Shechinah.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §3
One who does not take to heart the day of death has no fear of Heaven because of this.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §34