Do not become enraged, and you will not sin.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §4
Through truth, one is saved from lashon hara, and his tefillah is accepted.
And when he is judged Above, he is judged according to his merits.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §43
One who is bound up with vanity comes to forgetfulness.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §34
The liar hates humility.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §16
A segulah for arrogance: to gaze at the heavens.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §18
Anger after eating is very harmful.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §14
A person is frightened in dreams in order to remove from him a sunken arrogance, one hidden from him that he does not recognize.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §19
Garlic is conducive to love.
Sefer HaMidos, Love, Part I §11
Lest you say that whoever hastens to give tzedakah is given the means and is sent worthy recipients, the verse says: "How precious" (Psalms 36:8).
One must take trouble and seek them out, because it is not common to merit giving to worthy people.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §64
Peace is a sign of life.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §16
Hospitality to guests merits a woman with children.
Sefer HaMidos, Hospitality, Part I §3
Through tzedakah, a person will not hear of violence, plunder, or ruin.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §37
One who is quick to anger is known to love honor;
even all the mitzvos he does, he does only for the sake of honor.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §28
Through jealousy a person's bones rot.
Sefer HaMidos, Envy and Jealousy, Part I §6
Through humility everything is at peace with him.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §13
One who has no submission has no fear of Heaven.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §16
One who speaks lies is lost.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §42
Through arrogance a person comes to the lust for relations with a male, and also comes to anger.
Sometimes, too, a woman does not conceive because she adorns herself and is arrogant.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §2
When you strengthen a person in the service of Hashem, he will love you.
Sefer HaMidos, Love, Part I §7
Through peace, good tidings come.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §8
One who is arrogant, his dwelling will not endure.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §36
One who speaks lies falls by the sword, and also becomes a fool.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §37
One who is careful not to swear falsely will surely not transgress 'You shall not take revenge, nor bear a grudge.'
Sefer HaMidos, Love, Part I §10
Tzedakah is greater than all the offerings.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §62
One who judges people favorably will merit to receive the festivals properly.
Sefer HaMidos, Compassion and Mercy, Part I §12
Every single penny adds up to a great sum.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §16
Tzedakah is equal to all the mitzvos.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §14
Where there is moral discipline, there is peace.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §9
Through the holiness of Hashem, the leaders of the generation are exalted with strength and might.
Through this, the mitzvah of hospitality to guests becomes precious in everyone's eyes, and through this, Torah scholars merit that the halachah follows their view.
Sefer HaMidos, Hospitality, Part II §3
One who has submission has no fear, even as if he were sitting under siege.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §15
One who hosts a Torah scholar in his home is regarded by Scripture as though he offered the daily sacrifices.
Sefer HaMidos, Hospitality, Part I §5
One must feel gratitude toward the giver;
do not say that he did not give you from his own.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §13
Through having a fixed place for prayer one comes to humility and chassidus.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §4
It is permitted to alter the truth for the sake of peace.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §2
One who lends people the things they need will escape when there is flight in the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §15
A man of truth can recognize in another whether he is speaking falsehood or not.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §9
When you see a liar, know that this man's leader is also a liar.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part II §3
Through tzedakah the fruits grow.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §33
Through hospitality to guests, one's awe is cast upon others.
Sefer HaMidos, Hospitality, Part II §1
Arrogance holds back Moshiach and drives a person out of the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §39
Whoever adds, detracts.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §5
One who has coarseness of spirit will in the end stumble with a married woman. He is like one who worships idols, as if he denied the very foundation of faith, as if he transgressed all the forbidden relations, and as if he built a private altar. He is diminished in stature until he is no more.
He deserves to be cut down like an idolatrous tree, his dust will not be stirred [at the Resurrection], and the Shechinah laments over him.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §25
Eating and drinking lead to arrogance.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §16
Through serving tzaddikim, one comes to fear of Heaven, and the reverse is also true.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §9
Whoever is haughty, his wisdom and his prophecy depart from him.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §20
Through humility one lengthens his days.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §7
Through arrogance, famine comes to the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §3
When plants grow to their fullness, there is love in the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Love, Part II §1
Through jealousy, one comes to anger.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §22
Anger makes a person fearful.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §41
One who does acts of kindness does not need the merit of his forefathers.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part II §12
One who lacks trust in Hashem speaks lies, and because of the lies he cannot truly trust.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §29
A haughty person is blemished.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §23
One who helps the poor has the power to humble the arrogant by merely looking at them.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §9
The sign of falsehood is that the many do not agree to it.
The liar is one of the three whom the Holy One, blessed be He, hates.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §10
Whoever becomes angry at a respectable poor person, it is as though he provoked Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Anger, Part I §29
Through humility he is granted greatness upon greatness.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §6
One who does chesed with those who love Hashem thereby repairs the blemish of the covenant.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part I §54
Where there is arrogance, there is no fear of Heaven.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §30
A person can be recognized by his voice, whether he is humble or arrogant.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part II §3