To fight against one’s desires is the greatest of all fights.
IMAM ALINever explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn’t believe it.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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Silence is the garden of thought.
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A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.
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Live humbly, no matter how wealthy you become.
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Man ruins is present while worrying about his future – – but weeps in the future by recalling his past.
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Think positively, no matter how hard life is.
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Give much, even if you’ve been given little.
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The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.
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Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him
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Keep in touch with the ones who have forgotten you, and forgive who has wronged you, and do not stop praying for the best for those you love.
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The best revenge is to improve yourself.
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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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Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.
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How many lessons there are and how little they are taken.
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Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.
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Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.
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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
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No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance.
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Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking.
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Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.
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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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Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.
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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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I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience.
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.
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The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.
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