Ali ibn Abi Talib

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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 be glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Men
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Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Alone
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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
Collection: Believe
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Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Love
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Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Flower
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Hate no one, no matter how much they've wronged you. Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become. Think positively, no matter how hard life is. Give much, even if you've been given little. Keep in touch with the ones who have forgotten you, and forgive who has wronged you, and do not stop praying for the best for those you love.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Hate
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Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Happiness
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Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Beautiful
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How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present while worrying about his future - but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him - but dies in a way as if he were never born.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Past
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The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Islamic
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The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Clouds
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A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Men
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The best revenge is to improve yourself.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Revenge
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Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Change
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Silence is the garden of thought.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Garden
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Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Stars
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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
Collection: Men
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When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wise
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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
Collection: Wisdom
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I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Patient
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Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Lonely
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Allah, the Exalted, gave the angels intellect without desires, He gave the animals desires without intellect, and He gave both to the sons of Adam. So a man whose intellect prevails over his desires is better than the angels, whilst a man whose desire prevails over his intellect is worse than the animals.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Angel
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Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Inspirational
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People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Faith
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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
Collection: Heart
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"The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it."
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Religious
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One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Educational
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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
Collection: People
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To whatever extent a person's knowledge increases, his attention will be turned more towards his soul.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Soul
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The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Disappointment
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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
Collection: Humble
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Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Body
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Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Helping
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A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Men
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An alert and learned man will take advice from any event.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Men
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To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Kindness
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Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Destiny
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When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Perfection
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Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wise
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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
Collection: Wisdom
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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
Collection: Wisdom
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Recitation of the Qur'an without contemplation and thought is futile.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Contemplation
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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
Collection: Beauty
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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
Collection: Wisdom
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No one has ever suffered from his people as I have.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: People
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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
Collection: Taken
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One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wisdom