One who brings the wicked back in teshuvah will merit to keep Shabbos.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §40
Whoever confesses has a share in Olam Haba.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §8
One who stands on a high level can reach his completion with few deeds.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §51
One who entices his friend away from the good path, fire comes upon him.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §58
Let a person guard his mouth from saying, "I will commit this sin," even in jest, for his words compel him to the deed.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §11
He is also not harmed by a snake.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §41
When some sorrow comes upon you, examine your deeds.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §52
Torah and acts of chesed bring atonement.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §99
One who brings people back in teshuvah is saved from prison.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §36
It is better for a person to fulfill a mitzvah as far as he can than to leave it altogether.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §83
The beginning of a thought helps a person in the middle and end of the deed, so that it continues in holiness.
If he did not think in holiness at the start, a stumbling will occur in the middle and at the end.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §28
Through prayer that is a heartfelt outcry, Hashem will forgive you.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §79
One who dwells in Eretz Yisrael lives without sin.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §18
Fasting helps for everything.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §1
The wicked must be compelled with monetary penalties, so that they return in teshuvah.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §5
When a person's spirit is broken, it is greater than a fast.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §25
When Israel fasts, they are not answered until they are bound together with the wicked.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §102
When a person thinks, "I will do such and such, and I will achieve such and such," because of this his plan does not come to be.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §5
Exile atones for everything.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §6
When the tzaddik becomes wealthy, the wicked return in teshuvah through this.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §9
Once a man marries a wife, his sins are sealed away.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §16
Through keeping Shabbos, and also through teshuvah, a person draws the light of Moshiach upon himself.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §10
One whose way is always to bring people back in teshuvah:
in his merit, stray thoughts are removed from the great ones of the generation.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §39
One who does teshuvah with his whole heart, Hashem gives him a heart to know Him.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §44
One who does not confess his sins, fear comes upon him.
Sefer HaMidos, Confession, Part I §4
Pain of the heart comes close to bringing down tears.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §23
A table set for guests brings atonement.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §29
Sometimes, when a person begins to do teshuvah, suffering comes upon him.
This is because he delayed doing teshuvah.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §31
Thirst is the repair for idle words.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §92
Also, through teshuvah the spirit of Moshiach blows upon the decrees of the kingdoms and annuls them.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §2
Earning a living, enemies, illness and great wealth are what keep a person from reaching completion and his true purpose.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §56
Through hearing the sound of the shofar from a worthy person, the yetzer hara is broken and teshuvah is awakened in the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §45
It is a mitzvah to warn people about every transgression.
And if you fear he will not listen to you, say your words in the name of another tzaddik, so that they will listen to you.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §86
Repairing the body comes before repairing the soul.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §84
Through the love that people have for the tzaddikim, the tzaddikim are able to bring the people back in teshuvah.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §33
Teshuvah brings the redemption closer and lengthens a person's days and years.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §95
When two mitzvos come your way, do the one that requires more overcoming of the yetzer.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §21
Falsehood strengthens the hands of the wicked.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §43
Loss of money atones for the body.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §91
Through the outstanding and sharp-minded scholars of the generation, the fear of Heaven is illuminated; through the fear of Heaven, the merit of the forefathers shines forth;
and through the shining of the forefathers, teshuvah is awakened in the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §7
One who cannot overcome the yetzer hara by drawing it into the beis midrash should know that he is still in his wickedness.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §81
One who does not know the way of Hashem should make himself small.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §78
One who is ashamed of his sins, Hashem deals with him in righteousness.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §63
When one sees or hears of some suffering that has come upon a gentile, he should think thoughts of teshuvah.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §17
A person must rebuke himself every morning.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §72
Teshuvah brings healing to the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §93
When suffering comes to the world, a person should think that it was because of his own sin that this trouble came.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §14
A person cannot know in his lifetime whether his teshuvah has been accepted.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §74
Rav Pappa sat in a fast because he had called a Torah scholar by a disparaging name.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §10
When you rebuke people for not having rectified the sins of their youth, include yourself along with them, and then they will accept it from you.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §70
One who weeps and mourns for a worthy person is forgiven all his sins.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §85
One who answers 'Amen, yehei shmei rabba' with all his strength is forgiven, even if there is a trace of idolatry in him.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §88
One who brings the people back in teshuvah:
in his merit there is no fear and no strife in the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §34
Sin weakens a person's strength.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §20
Hashem desires mitzvos through which one also does the will of people more than mitzvos between man and his Maker.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §82
When you want to do teshuvah, ask the tzaddik to bring you in before Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §66