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A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.

Imam Ali

Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.
IMAM ALI

Born Children Different Parents Raise Time
Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.
IMAM ALI

Cause Fear God
He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.
IMAM ALI

Betrayal Trust World
True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
IMAM ALI

Body Different Division Friendship Single Soul True Friend
Man ruins is present while worrying about his future – – but weeps in the future by recalling his past.
IMAM ALI

Future Man Past Present Ruin Weep Worry
Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
IMAM ALI

Broken Heart Hard Soft Squeeze
If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
IMAM ALI

Enemy God Pardon Power Thankful
Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking.
IMAM ALI

Easy Lose Safety Secure Silence Speak
Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
IMAM ALI

Consist Greatness Hate Knowledge
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.
IMAM ALI

Heart Listen Man See Understand
People’s hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
IMAM ALI

Animal Attachment Deep Heart Love People Traning Wild
Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.
IMAM ALI

Deep Done Goodness Hide
Don’t engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.
IMAM ALI

Engage Grief Heart Past Ready
A 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 ALI

Consideration Death Friendship Need Occasion Test Time
Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.
IMAM ALI

Alone Broken Heart Search
Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.
IMAM ALI

Happiness Patience Sorrow

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