Torah, maaser and Shabbos give physical life as well.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part II §2
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
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 separates himself from the Torah attaches himself to the Satan.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §86
One who is able to write a sefer and does not write it, it is like losing children.
Sefer HaMidos, A Holy Book, Part I §1
Through rising at midnight, one will merit to understand the Torah and to expound it.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §79
One who occupies himself with Torah at night — the Shechinah faces him.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §13
The Torah endures only with one who stands bare for its sake, and with one who regards himself as one who does not know.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §46
One who has no fixed time for learning comes to immoral thoughts.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §52
Whatever a person learned in this world but was unable to grasp fully the true meaning of what he learned, he will merit to understand in its truth in Olam Haba.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §8
A person does not merit to acquire Torah and good deeds in every place;
for this reason Hashem brings about circumstances that lead this person to leave one place for another.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part II §12
Through the outstanding and sharp scholars of the generation, fear of Heaven is illuminated; through fear of Heaven, the merit of the Avos shines forth;
and through the shining of the Avos, teshuvah is awakened in the world.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part II §5
Learn only from one who fears Heaven.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §74
When there are two verses, and from one you can expound merit and good while from the other you can expound the opposite, expound the verse that speaks of merit and good.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §60
One who learns aloud lengthens his days, and his learning endures with him.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §16
One who does not review his learning has difficulty raising children.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §53
Speaking aloud brings feeling and movement to all the limbs.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §15
Two Torah scholars who honor one another in halachah for its own sake and with humility — Hashem grants them success, they rise to greatness, and they merit the Torah that was given with the right hand, and merit the things that are given in the right hand of the Torah.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §87
There is great benefit in seeing the teacher's mouth during learning.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §39
Standing in awe of a Torah scholar is a segulah for learning.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §12
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
Torah without mitzvos is like the myrtle, which has fragrance but no taste.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §90
Rousing oneself in the morning to learn is a segulah for the sense of hearing.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §68
One who learns and does not review is like one who sows and does not reap.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §50
Learning something old [that was forgotten] is harder than learning something new.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §22
One who occupies himself with the laws of the Temple service is as though the Beis HaMikdash were built in his days.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §42
One who keeps his friend from learning is known to have turned away from the path of Hashem.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §5
Being accustomed to study rises higher than the fulfillment of all the mitzvos.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §33
Torah on which you spend money will not be forgotten by you.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §84
One who has no understanding in his learning should sit near a tzaddik; through this he will also merit to learn Torah for its own sake.
Or let him strive to give the tzaddik some pleasure, or learn with joy, or welcome Shabbos with joy, or welcome the tzaddik with joy.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §61
When a person learns until he grows weary, he thereby sweetens judgments and arouses mercy;
through this he also arouses mercy for his father in the grave.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part II §13
A rav who teaches his students in this way, not teaching them all alike, but teaching each one what he needs, no less and no more, merits through this to reveal the beautiful and praiseworthy faces of the Torah.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part II §8
Through tzedakah for its own sake, you will merit Torah for its own sake.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §78
Whoever says, 'This teaching is fine and that one is not,' squanders the wealth of Torah.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §21
All knowledge of the laws of the Torah, whether of mitzvos between man and his fellow or of mitzvos between man and his Maker, is in itself the success of the soul.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §10
When you speak Torah according to your level and not above your level, Hashem will fulfill your decrees.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §76
What should a person do to become wise? Let him spend much time in study, do little business, and pray for mercy;
for one without the other is not enough.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §14
One who speaks words of Torah aloud is saved from the penalty of stoning.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part II §11
When a person makes himself open to all to teach his Torah to everyone, the Torah is given to him as a gift.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §45
A person should learn even without understanding.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §38
One who is free of coarseness — his learning endures with him.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §17
When a person does not understand his learning, it is known that harsh judgments rest upon him.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §66
The Torah itself was given to all of Yisrael, but the depth of its analysis was given only to Moshe;
and he, with a generous eye, gave it to all of Yisrael.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §44
There are three over whom Hashem weeps every day, and one of them is one who is able to occupy himself with Torah and does not.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §29
It is easier to understand a matter when one is in a high place, such as on a mountain or another elevated spot.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §67
A Torah scholar who takes revenge and bears a grudge like a snake — cling to him, for in the end you will benefit from his learning.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §88
One who learns on his own cannot be compared to one who learns from the mouth of a teacher.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §35
Learning comes before fear of sin, and fear of sin comes before deep inquiry.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §47
One who cannot learn because he has no free time, and learns on Shabbos and Rosh Chodesh, holds back the spirit of impurity through this.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §65
A person does not merit to learn from just any source;
that is why people travel to distant places to learn.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §92
Through the learning of young schoolchildren, peace increases.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §69
One who hates falsehood as an abomination will have a desire to learn.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §81
When a wicked person says Torah, know that he is causing those who hear his Torah to stumble.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §4
One who cannot learn because of obstacles should abstain from intoxicating drink.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §63
Neglect of Torah leads to neglect of tefillah, and the reverse is also true.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §64
Through the holiness of Hashem, may He be blessed, the leaders of the generation are raised up with strength and might; through this, the mitzvah of hachnasas orchim becomes precious in everyone's eyes;
and through this, the scholars merit that the halachah follows them.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part II §16
Through holiness, one merits understanding.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §28
Through eating bread in the morning, a person's learning endures with him, and he merits to learn and to teach.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §48
One who pursues the desires of his heart — you will find him spoken of disparagingly in every verse of the Torah.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §85
Torah must be learned specifically with speech, for learning that is in thought alone is forgotten and does not come to deed.
Sefer HaMidos, Torah Study, Part I §49