Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.
IMAM ALITo fight against one’s desires is the greatest of all fights.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn’t take action.
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Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.
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I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
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Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become.
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Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
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Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.
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People’s hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
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There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
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When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.
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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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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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People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.
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Give much, even if you’ve been given little.
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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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Accept the apology even if it is not sincere.
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Silence is the best reply to a fool.
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Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.
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Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.
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Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.
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The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
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Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.
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Where there is haste, there must be mistake.
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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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