How many lessons there are and how little they are taken.
IMAM ALIThe weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn’t take action.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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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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Greed is permanent slavery.
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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
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Vanity prevents improvement
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Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.
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When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.
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Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.
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The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.
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Happiness comes towards those which believe in him.
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The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.
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Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.
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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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Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.
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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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People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.
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The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.
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A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.
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How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.
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Silence is the garden of thought.
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There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.
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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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To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
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There is no nobility with bad manners.
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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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Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.
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Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.
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