How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.
IMAM ALIHow strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.
IMAM ALIThe worst of our faults is our interest in other people’s faults.
IMAM ALIDo not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
IMAM ALIA friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in time of need, behind your back, and after your death.
IMAM ALITo fight against one’s desires is the greatest of all fights.
IMAM ALIHe lives as though death shall never come to him – but dies in a way as if he were never born.
IMAM ALIDo not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
IMAM ALIA wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
IMAM ALIBe afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.
IMAM ALIIf you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
IMAM ALIDo for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.
IMAM ALIPatience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.
IMAM ALIEveryone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
IMAM ALIBe like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.
IMAM ALIThe vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.
IMAM ALIHate no one, no matter how much they’ve wronged you.
IMAM ALI