The Jewish Wisdom Database

Who says, 'I shall sin and repent, I shall sin and repent', repentance will not be vouchsafed him.

Once a man repents, stop reminding him of what he did!

Great is repentance, for it brings healing to the world.

Where the contrite stand, not even the most righteous may.

Who does a thing and repents is at once forgiven.

Great is repentance, for it reaches the Throne of Glory;... for it brings Redemption;...for it lengthens a man's life.

Happy he who repents while still in his vigorous manhood.

The gates of repentance are always open.

If a man repent of his misdeeds, then revert to wrongdoing, it is no repentance.

Repentance is valued above sacrifices [Pesikta R.]... above prayer.

Repentance for sinners is like medicine for maladies.

To know that a thing is bad is half way to repentance.

Half repentance does not achieve even half its purpose.

For there is not a righteous man upon the earth, that does good and sins not.

Who commits a sin and is ashamed of it is pardoned for all his sins.

Who hides his sins will not prosper.

There is no proxy in transgression. [The sinner cannot shift the blame to his employer.]

If a man is told to commit all the sins in the Torah to save his life, let him obey, save for idolatry, incest and the shedding of blood.

If a sin waylays a man and he rejects it, that is deemed a great virtue.

A scholar who fears not sin is as a craftsman without his tools.

If you have made bundles of bad deeds, make bundles of good ones to offset them!

If a person meant to commit a sin, the Lord will not consider it till it be committed.

Sin at its beginning is as thin as a spider's web, and at the end as thick as a cart-rope.

When sinning, the fool blames others, the moralist himself and the wise and righteous neither himself nor others.

Denial of sin is double sin.