The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.
IMAM ALIPatience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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Greed is permanent slavery.
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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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I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
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Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
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The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
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Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
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A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.
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He who understands humanity seeks solitude.
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Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
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Don’t engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.
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Give much, even if you’ve been given little.
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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.
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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.
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Do not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.
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There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.
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