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
It is a great mitzvah to be happy always.
Likutei Moharan II, 24
If you believe that you can damage,
believe that you can repair.
Likutei Moharan II, 112
Know that a person must cross a very, very narrow bridge,
and the main thing is not to be afraid at all.
Likutei Moharan II, 48
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 overlooks the wrongs done to him, his prayer is heard.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §20
Torah, maaser and Shabbos give physical life as well.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part II §2
Through sadness comes fire.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §12
Through recognizing tzaddikim you will merit insight and understanding.
Sefer HaMidos, Knowledge of God, Part I §19
Through collecting taxes a person falls from his level.
Sefer HaMidos, A Fall, Part I §2
Through theft one loses understanding.
Sefer HaMidos, Knowledge of God, Part II §16
One must pray for the peace of the city in which you live.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §56
One who regards himself as mere leftovers will merit fervor.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part I §20
One who has no sadness and is always joyful will certainly be exalted.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §20
They instituted His blessings in this world so that we would be accustomed to them in Olam Haba.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §26
When you lack truth, success is taken from you and given to the nations.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §17
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
Vows and freewill offerings bring joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Joy and Happiness, Part II §2
Through fear of Heaven and chesed, one is saved from fire and merits a livelihood.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part II §1
Through a false oath, one falls from emunah.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part I §35
One who walks in simplicity becomes wise.
Sefer HaMidos, Knowledge of God, Part I §16
Blessing comes swiftly upon the work of Torah scholars' hands.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §6
Through a person's modesty, all the good that another took from him through his prayers is returned to him.
Sefer HaMidos, Salvation and Miracles, Part I §6
A person is known by his servants, whether he loves falsehood or not.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part I §64
Through giving tzedakah with both hands, one's prayer is heard.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §45
Through humility strife and suffering are nullified.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §12
Through trust in Hashem you will be saved from fear.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear, Part I §3
Through truth, the Holy One, blessed be He, redeems you from all troubles.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part I §67
One who commits a sin and regrets it is forgiven for all his sins.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §26
Through fear of Heaven, Hashem grants a person peace.
Sefer HaMidos, Fear of God, Part I §23
Come early and stay late in the synagogue, so that you may live long.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §38
One who has no emunah surely finds the statutes of the Holy One, blessed be He, repugnant.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part I §38
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
Through trust, Hashem hears a person's prayer.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §31
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
One who gives pleasure to his father and makes him happy will, through this, have desire and love for learning.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §1
Moshiach will not come until all arrogance has ceased from the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Haughtiness, Part I §1
When a question about Hashem enters your mind, be silent.
Through the silence, your own thoughts will bring you an answer to your questions.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part I §15
A house, a child, and a wife are signs of success.
Sefer HaMidos, Success and Prosperity, Part I §10
Through humility a person becomes great, and also does not fall from his level.
Sefer HaMidos, Humility, Part I §17
The path a person should choose for himself is to love rebuke and to hold fast to abundant emunah.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §103
A segulah for ailments of the neck: to weep over the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash.
Sefer HaMidos, Crying, Part I §3
One who occupies himself with Torah at night is as though he were engaged in the Temple service.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §41
One who wants to do good deeds but is held back, Hashem rewards him as though he had done them.
But one who does not do as much as he is able is punished for it.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §53
Sometimes a person comes to a certain place and suffers there. He should know that his forefathers were in that place and fell into some heresy there, or that his children will come to that place and fall into some heresy, and because of this he now suffers in that place.
Sefer HaMidos, Faith, Part II §1
One who separates himself from the Torah attaches himself to the Satan.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §86
One who provides for the public thereby draws blessing from Eretz Yisrael to the lands outside it.
Sefer HaMidos, Charity, Part II §16
A test comes in order to raise a person up and make him known.
Sefer HaMidos, A Test, Part I §1
Through the melodies that you sing, you awaken Hashem to look upon the nation whose melody you are singing, [and ask] why it holds you in bondage.
Sefer HaMidos, Salvation and Miracles, Part I §28
Through keeping Shabbos a person draws the light of Moshiach upon himself;
also through teshuvah.
Sefer HaMidos, The Messiah, Part I §5
Through pursuing peace one comes to trust in Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Peace, Part I §5
Through those who provide for the poor, the masses are saved from plague in their merit.
Also in their merit, expanded consciousness comes before constricted consciousness.
Sefer HaMidos, Knowledge of God, Part II §5
Through grief one's enemies are raised up.
Sefer HaMidos, Depression, Part I §23
A rich man who lies: the mind cannot bear him, and he is despicable in his own eyes.
Sefer HaMidos, Truth, Part I §11