The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.
IMAM ALINot every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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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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People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.
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I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience.
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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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Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.
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Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted.
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Greed is permanent slavery.
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others.
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There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.
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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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The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.
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I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.
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Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.
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A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties.
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