There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.
IMAM ALIHow strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
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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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Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
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Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.
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Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.
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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.
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The best companion and helper is admirable morals.
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Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.
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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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He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.
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One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.
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I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
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The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.
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Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn’t believe it.
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Loving one another is half of wisdom.
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