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He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
whoever prolongs his desire ruins his actions -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Man comes from a drop of semen and leaves as a piece of dust. He doesn't know when he came and he doesn't know when he's leaving, yet he walks on the earth thinking he knows everything. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
When my prayers are answered, I am happy because it was my wish. When my prayers are not answered, I am even more happy because that was gods wish. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Love is an illness which doesn't have good nor recompense. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
If one night you see someone committing a sin, tomorrow do not look at him as a sinner. He may have repented during the night and you did not know. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
To maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the management of livelihood. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
How foolish is man! He ruins the present while worrying about the future, but weeps in the future by recalling his past! -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The real Muslim is the one who prefers speaking the truth even when it is ruinous to him over lying even when it benefits him, and who finds inner peace in doing so. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much wealth; ostentation in (good) deeds; and pride in their own intelligence. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The best companion and helper is admirable morals. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Allah's Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the servant ceases -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Every breath you take is a step towards death. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Loving one another is half of wisdom. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Be like the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A man's measure is his will. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Reciter and listener of the Qur'an are alike in prize and reward. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Don't engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A person of riyaa (showing off) has three characteristics : He is lazy when alone, energetic when with others, and increases in his actions when he is praised while decreasing in them when he is criticized. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Half of wisdom is love and friendship with people.(the other half is to guard yourself against the evils of people) -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life; and whoever recognises the worldly life, the trials and tribulations (of life) become slight for him. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Your cure is within you, yet you do not sense it! Your sickness is from you, yet you do not see it! You consider yourself a small body; Yet encapsulated within you is the entire universe! -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
O World, try to deceive someone else. Are you trying to tempt me or attract me? No way! I divorce you irrevocably. Your time is short and you are insignificant. Alas! The provision is little, the journey is long and the way is lonely. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
To whatever extent a person's knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
By the welling of lord of Ka'ba, I have succeeded. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The one from among the Muslims who recites the Qur'an but in the end finds his way to hell, is considerd to be among those that have taken the word of Allah in jest. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Justice is putting everything in its proper place -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Justice is better than courage as if everyone is fair to others, then there will be no need for courage. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Get to know the right, then you would know the people of right. Right Is not measured by its men, but men are measured by their right. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
O Alaah, i haven't worshiped you because of lusting of heaven or fearing of hill. I've worshiped you because you deserve to be worshiped. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
There is no nobility with bad manners. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
An accepted deed is never small in Taqwa (consciousness of Allah), how can what has been accepted be small? -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The best revenge is to improve yourself. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Know thyself, and thou shalt know God. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Work for your afterlife as if you will die tomorrow, and work for this life as if you will live forever -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Work for this world as if you will live forever and work for the here-after as if you will die tomorrow. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Look for the man who's beaten. Feed him from my food, irrigate him from my water. Soul is for soul. He should be given only one equal hit regardless if I died. I would judge him regardless if I lived. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Stubbornness destroys good advice. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The most precious wealth is wisdom, and the most miserable poverty is stupidity. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The tongue is sharper than a sword. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the Qur'an is by far, higher than memorizing. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
O Malik, people have either a brother of you in the religion, or brother of you in the creation -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Poverty is the worst form of death. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
You are as much able as you know -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Envy of prosperity, confirmers of scourge, desperate of hope. They have a victim in every certain way, a mediator to every heart, and a tear in every complaint. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The relation of patience to iman is like the relation of the head to the body. If the head is chopped off, the body becomes useless. Then he raised his voice and said: Certainly, the one who has no patience has no iman, and patience is like a riding-beast that nevers gets tired -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Greed is permanent slavery -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Beware of the flight of Blessings,
For nothing that runs away is returned. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Silence is the best reply to a fool. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Silence is the garden of thought. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Work for a Better Life as if you live forever,
And work for Better End as if you die tomorrow -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The best which entailed from parents to children, is the good behavior. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
If all the women over the world have been permitted to be married to only one man, except one woman. He'd love to marry that woman. That is the imprint of man -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
How many lessons there are and how little they are taken -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Happiness comes towards those which believe in him -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Two kinds of greedy people never get satisfied; the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of this world -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
He who understands humanity seeks solitude -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Recitation of the Qur'an without contemplation and thought is futile. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The emaan of a person cannot be true until he has more trust in that which is in Allah's Hands than that which is in his own hands. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The moment you start arguing with an ignorant fool, you have already lost. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The word of God is the medicine of the heart. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Got No Where To Go But All Day To Get There -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Let me alone, and go in search of someone else. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself! -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
If poverty were a man, I would have slain him. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Either you are just or unjust. If you are just, then you will not keep aloof from the people, but will listen to them and meet their requirements. But if you are unjust, the people themselves will keep away from you. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Put aside your pride,
Set down your arrogance,
And remember your grave. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
No one has ever suffered from his people as I have. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
People are like waves of the ocean, some cover you with tides of refreshment, whilst others drown you in floods of turmoil -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
An alert and learned man will take advice from any event. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The value of a person is what he does best. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A man is hid under his tongue. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn't believe it. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience. -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
If you don't like chickens I don't like you -- Ali Ibn Abi Talib
