Maimonides on Teshuvah
Don't think that repentance is only necessary for those sins that involve deeds such as lewdness, robbery, or theft. Rather... search out all your baser qualities... Repent of anger, hatred, envy, frivolity, greed, vanity, gluttony, and the like... Repenting these traits is more difficult than repenting a deed. In this regard Isaiah teaches: "May the wicked abandon their path and the crooked their designs," (Isaiah 55:7). [Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Hilchot Teshuvah, 7:3]
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