One who commits a sin and regrets it is forgiven for all his sins.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §26
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
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
Fasting is harder than the sword.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §3
Through the teshuvah of a single individual, he and the whole world are forgiven.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §96
Crying out and weeping at night are heard more readily for mercy.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §100
A mitzvah a person does for himself alone, however great, cannot compare to a mitzvah from which merit flows to the many, however small.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §55
The nations are close to teshuvah.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §49
One who brings people back in teshuvah merits to sit in the Heavenly Academy, and Hashem annuls decrees for his sake.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §24
The day a person does teshuvah is above time, and it raises all his days above time.
So too, Yom Kippur is above time.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §1
For one who cannot cry, the segulah is to sit in a place where two rivers flow together.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §59
Through lies, a person cannot improve his deeds.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §80
It also brings about that the roads are cleared of obstacles.
Sefer HaMidos, Confession, Part I §2
By asking Hashem to give you love, Hashem will cover your transgressions.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §68
Through laziness it seems to a person that the path of teshuvah is hidden from him.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §61
From the moment a person thinks of doing teshuvah, his prayer is accepted, even though he has not yet done it.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §65
One who does business honestly is forgiven for all his sins.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §27
He is also honored in the eyes of Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §37
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
Hashem is appeased through confession, and it is as though one built an altar and brought an offering.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §97
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
These do not see the face of Gehinnom: one who suffers the hardships of poverty, one with illness of the bowels, and one who has creditors and the yoke of the government upon him.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §89
One who confesses, Hashem loves him with a freely given love and turns His burning anger away from him.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §48
One who brings merit to the many becomes a partner with Hashem in the work of Creation.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §54
Through a sigh that a person sighs, he becomes a new being.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §32
One who loves the tzaddikim is able to bring people back in teshuvah.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §47
One who is bare of good deeds cannot turn others away from their wickedness.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §2
When you cause some damage, it is a sign that the yetzer hara rules over you.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §57
Those liable to kares who received lashes are released from their kares.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §13
One who is humble in spirit is as if he offered all the offerings.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §7
He also merits to become renowned among the nations.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §38
One who overlooks the wrongs done to him, all his transgressions are overlooked.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §98
Through teshuvah out of fear, deliberate sins become like unintentional ones;
through teshuvah out of love, they become like merits.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §94
One must fast when the tzaddik is caused pain.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §22
Through verbal confession we bring about that Hashem provides teachers of young children who teach faithfully.
Sefer HaMidos, Confession, Part I §1
A person knows that he truly wants to serve when he does not want it publicized.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §77
Whoever says 'Vayechulu' with kavanah and prays with kavanah, the ministering angels ask Hashem to grant him atonement.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §87
Hashem makes paths in the sea in order to subdue our sins and bring out our righteous deeds.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §8
The garments made for the tzaddik each have a special power of their own to bring atonement.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §15
One who wants to return should take care not to be a debtor.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §46
A fast without understanding is no fast.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §64
What we see, that suffering comes upon someone who begins to serve Hashem, is because he began out of fear of judgment.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §75
The main repair of the damage done by one's sins comes through humbling oneself.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §71
Learning Torah brings atonement.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §50
When someone reveals his secrets, it is hard for the matter to endure.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §62
A baal teshuvah should pray for rain, and through this his sins are atoned for.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §101
The service with which a person serves Hashem each day in his youth is more precious than many years of service in his old age.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §73
One who teaches his friend's son Torah is as if he made him, as if he made the words of Torah, and as if he made himself.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §9
One who confesses his sins will merit not to have to sell any of his ancestral inheritance.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §69
When you teach the son of a wicked man a good path, you are able through this to annul harsh decrees.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §42
Also, through teshuvah great heat is abated.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §3
Through teshuvah, earning a living comes easily.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §6
Whoever weeps at night, his voice is heard, and the stars and constellations weep with him.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §12
Strengthen yourself in mitzvos beyond what is within your ability.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §90
One should make the way of teshuvah easy for sinners.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §19
It is easier to bring the young back to Hashem than the old.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part II §4
One who helps orphans breaks the power of the nations, and when they are broken, the wicked of Israel return in teshuvah.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §35
High position brings atonement.
Sefer HaMidos, Repentance, Part I §30