One who overlooks the wrongs done to him, his prayer is heard.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §20
One must pray for the peace of the city in which you live.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §56
They instituted His blessings in this world so that we would be accustomed to them in Olam Haba.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §26
Through giving tzedakah with both hands, one's prayer is heard.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §45
Come early and stay late in the synagogue, so that you may live long.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §38
Through trust, Hashem hears a person's prayer.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §31
A segulah for ailments of the neck: to weep over the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash.
Sefer HaMidos, Crying, Part I §3
Sometimes Hashem does not accept the prayer of the tzaddik when he prays for a certain person, because Hashem knows that this person will later draw the tzaddik into his own sins.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §83
When you want your prayer to be lifted up, pray for Israel.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §65
On a day of rain, salvation is fruitful and multiplies in the world, and those who plead in one's favor come before Him.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §16
Hashem seeks for a person to pray before Him.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §66
Do not pray in a house built by a man of strife.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §32
A person should yearn and long for the common good, even if it brings a loss to him alone.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §1
One who saves a poor man from someone stronger than him easily gains power in the letters of prayer.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §67
When Hashem punishes a wicked man who He knows will not do teshuvah again, and the tzaddik prays for him excessively, the tzaddik is punished for it.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §53
When one who prays falls into a state of smallness, it is a sign that his prayer will not be accepted.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §54
One who secludes himself and separates himself from people receives attention from Above.
Sefer HaMidos, Seclusion, Part I §1
The prayer of the shaliach tzibbur has an aspect of war.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part II §5
Through robbery, or through shaming his friend in public, a person's prayer is not heard.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §47
One who speaks in defense of Israel awakens salvation through this, and the salvation comes through him.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §59
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
At the time of prayer, a person should spread out his hands as though receiving something.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §46
Through flattery, a person's prayer is not heard.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §4
Do not take even the blessing of a gentile lightly.
Sefer HaMidos, Blessing, Part I §2
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
One who takes care not to utter holy words in an unclean place will merit long life.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §41
When asking for his needs, a person should not presume to ask for great things;
but in Torah and fear of Heaven he may ask for all he desires.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §24
One who relieves himself, washes his hands, puts on tefillin, recites the Shema and prays is as though he built an altar and brought an offering on it, and as though he had immersed.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §40
One who made a vow, his prayer is not accepted until he fulfills his vow.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §73
A person must pray for his children and for all who will come after him.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §61
When the congregation prays, it is a time of favor.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §35
One who cannot weep should gaze at the heavens, for the firmament caused the waters to weep.
Sefer HaMidos, Crying, Part I §1
One who is humble can cry out from the heart in his prayer.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §69
Prayer is greater than good deeds and than the offerings.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §42
The conversation a person holds between himself and his Maker later becomes redemption and salvation for his children.
Sefer HaMidos, Seclusion, Part II §1
Because one does not ask for mercy for his friend, he falls into imprisonment;
and the remedy for imprisonment is to feed some living creature.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part II §1
Through Tikkun Chatzos, one reminds Hashem of the good He promised Israel.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §58
When you are not at peace with the world, your prayer is not accepted.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §55
Whoever occupies himself with Torah, Hashem fulfills his wishes.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §13
Whoever exerts himself in prayer below has no adversaries who can accuse him above.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §9
Through songs and praises, His Shechinah is drawn down below.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part II §4
Prayer is effective when one's face is turned upward.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part II §2
One who has it in his heart to plead before Hashem finds favor in Hashem's eyes through this.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §30
Prayer with joy is pleasant and sweet to Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §81
Hashem is found in the synagogue.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §3
We do not pray for two things at once.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §18
The prayer of many is heard more when they are gathered together than when they are apart.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part II §11
Speaking aloud brings feeling and movement to all the limbs.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §29
One who prays with strength, Hashem hears his prayer.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §72
Before praying, one must cleave with his spirit to the Creator, and out of that closeness the words will come forth from his mouth on their own.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §76
One who draws those who are far away closer to the service of Hashem, may He be blessed, has the blessings entrusted into his hands.
Sefer HaMidos, Blessing, Part I §3
Through prayer one can change his fortune.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §28
One who is humble in his own eyes, his prayer is not rejected.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §7
Weeping nullifies thoughts of immorality.
Sefer HaMidos, Crying, Part I §2
When you ask for something, mention the merit of the forefathers.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §52
Through seclusion while turning one's heart to idleness, one comes to anger.
Sefer HaMidos, Seclusion, Part I §2
One who fulfills 'Let your friend's money be as dear to you as your own' merits through this to pray with devotion of the heart.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part II §6
One who recounts the praise of Hashem excessively is uprooted from the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §21
Another's prayer helps more than one's own, and even a tzaddik needs the prayers of others.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §11
A synagogue in which accounts are reckoned will in the end have an abandoned corpse lodged in it overnight.
Sefer HaMidos, Prayer, Part I §22