Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Vanity prevents improvement
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Vanity
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The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Men
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To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.
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Collection: Islamic
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Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.
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Collection: Wise
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No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance
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Collection: Ignorance
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Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Know Thyself
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The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.
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Collection: Mind
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The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Soul
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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
Collection: Ignorance
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Loving one another is half of wisdom.
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Collection: Half
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Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.
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Collection: Men
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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.
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Collection: Wisdom
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Greed is permanent slavery
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Collection: Wise
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The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn't take action.
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Collection: Men
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Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted
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Collection: Insightful
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Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.
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Collection: Causes
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A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance.
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Collection: Doe
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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
Collection: Ignorance
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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 he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Blessed
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Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
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Collection: Expression
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Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Islamic
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I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wise
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A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
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Collection: Men
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How many lessons there are and how little they are taken
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Collection: Wisdom
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Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others.
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Collection: Character
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Happiness comes towards those which believe in him
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Collection: Believe
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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.
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Collection: Wise
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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.
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Collection: Return
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The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wisdom
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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
Collection: Wisdom
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Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.
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Collection: Riches
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I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
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Collection: Eating
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Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world.
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Collection: Wisdom
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The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.
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Collection: Heart
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Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.
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Collection: Islamic
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Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standards of his worship and obedience. He has favoured it with noble precepts, exalted principles, undoubtable arguments, unchallengeable supremacy and undeniable wisdom. It is up to you to maintain the eminence and dignity granted to it by the Lord, to follow it sincerely, to do justice to its articles of faith and belief, to obey implicitly its tenets and orders and to give it the proper place in your lives.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wisdom
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The best companion and helper is admirable morals.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Moral
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A man is hid under his tongue.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Men
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Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wisdom
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There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.
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Collection: Advancement
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Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Islamic
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Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive.
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Collection: Appearance
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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.
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Collection: Meaningful
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There is no nobility with bad manners.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Manners
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He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands
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Collection: Hands
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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
Collection: Wisdom
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Greed takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfill it. Often the drinker gets choked before quenching his thirst. The greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understanding. The destined share would reach him who does not approach it.
- Ali ibn Abi Talib
Collection: Wisdom
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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
Collection: Wisdom