The prayer of the shaliach tzibbur has an aspect of war.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part II §5
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
When a person desires things that are opposed to Hashem, sighing comes to him through this.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §29
Willful sins remove the fear of Heaven from before a person's eyes.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §33
Through emunah, one comes to trust in Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Trust in God, Part I §4
Through reverence for a Torah scholar you will merit grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §10
Through emunah, one is blessed.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part I §12
When some sense of greatness comes over you, be concerned about retribution.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §30
One who follows his wife's advice falls into Gehinnom.
Sefer HaMidos, Advice, Part I §9
Torah study is greater than saving lives, than building the Beis HaMikdash, and than honoring father and mother.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §27
Because of lies, a person finds no healing, even with many remedies.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §36
Through sadness one does not attain what he hopes for.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §17
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
Through robbery, or through shaming his friend in public, a person's prayer is not heard.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §47
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 without mitzvos is like the myrtle, which has fragrance but no taste.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §90
Through confusion of the mind, fear of Heaven is spoiled.
Also through confusion of the mind, one's dominion falls.
Sefer HaMidos, Knowledge of God, Part II §8
Torah, maaser, and Shabbos also give physical life.
Sefer HaMidos, The Sabbath, Part I §1
Through emunah, one can understand Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part I §31
One who does business honestly is forgiven for all his sins.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §27
The company of liars do not receive the presence of the Shechinah.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §3
One who speaks in defense of Israel awakens salvation through this, and the salvation comes through him.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §59
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
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
Through the money a person gives to the poor of Eretz Yisrael, his wealth endures in his hand.
Sefer HaMidos, The Land of Israel, Part I §6
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
Through the longing a person feels for Hashem at night, it becomes easy for him to pray in the morning.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §50
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
When there is falsehood in you, then when the Holy One, blessed be He, wishes to bring you some salvation, the falsehood exposes your sins so that He will not save you.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part I §66
When you have distress on a day of joy, and all your joy is spoiled, know that the merit of your forefathers has run out.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §10
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
At the time of prayer, a person should spread out his hands as though receiving something.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §46
Hashem rests His prophecy intermittently upon a prophet sent on a mission, even if he is not wise.
Sefer HaMidos, Knowledge of God, Part I §11
He is also honored in the eyes of Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §37
Rousing oneself in the morning to learn is a segulah for the sense of hearing.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §68
Through verbal confession one merits to be elevated.
Sefer HaMidos, Confession, Part I §3
One who brings people back in teshuvah merits wisdom.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §60
Peace is a sign of life.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §16
Through lowliness one merits grace.
Sefer HaMidos, Grace, Part I §2
Through flattery, a person's prayer is not heard.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §4
One who learns and does not review is like one who sows and does not reap.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §50
Through hisbodedus, salvation comes.
Sefer HaMidos, Salvation and Miracles, Part I §3
Hashem is appeased through confession, and it is as though one built an altar and brought an offering.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §97
Do not take even the blessing of a gentile lightly.
Sefer HaMidos, Blessing, Part I §2
Overeating makes a person fall from emunah.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part I §13
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
The thought pursues only the one who serves. [Meaning: the one who serves Hashem is the one whom the thoughts pursue and are drawn after, to confuse him more than other people. This is 'the thought pursues only the one who serves.']
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §84
Through chesed and truth, sin is atoned for.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §67
It is fitting that teshuvah be in that very same matter [in which one sinned].
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §4
Consolation comes through emunah.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part II §8
Learning something old [that was forgotten] is harder than learning something new.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §22