Silence is the garden of thought.
IMAM ALIDo not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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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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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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Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted.
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Accept the apology even if it is not sincere.
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Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
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Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.
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The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.
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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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Hate no one, no matter how much they’ve wronged you.
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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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Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
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The word of God is the medicine of the heart.
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Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him
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There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.
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The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.
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Vanity prevents improvement
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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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A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
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Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.
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Stubbornness destroys good advice.
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.
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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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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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Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.
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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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