How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.
IMAM ALIThere is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.
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The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.
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How many lessons there are and how little they are taken.
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Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you die tomorrow.
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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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The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.
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Vanity prevents improvement
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Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.
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Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become.
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Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.
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If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
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Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.
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The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
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Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.
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Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can’t understand it.
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Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
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One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.
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A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
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Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.
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The best companion and helper is admirable morals.
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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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I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
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Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.
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The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.
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People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.
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He lives as though death shall never come to him – but dies in a way as if he were never born.
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