Imam Ali on darkness
Imam Ali100 quotes“The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.”
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The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.
Imam AliImam Ali There is no rest for the person who has envy, and there is no love for the person who has bad manners.
Imam AliImam Ali True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
Imam AliImam Ali Bear sorrows and calamities patiently, otherwise you will never be happy.
Imam AliImam Ali The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.
Imam AliImam Ali To fight against one’s desires is the greatest of all fights.
Imam AliImam Ali Stubbornness destroys good advice.
Imam AliImam Ali Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.
Imam AliImam Ali Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.
Imam AliImam Ali Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can’t understand it.
Imam AliImam Ali The best revenge is to improve yourself.
Imam AliImam Ali A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.
Imam AliImam Ali Silence is the garden of thought.
Imam AliImam Ali 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.
Imam AliImam Ali Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.
Imam AliImam Ali Don’t engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.
Imam AliImam Ali
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God is a dark night to man in this life.
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Al GoreAl Gore The awareness is not part of the darkness or the pain; it holds the pain, and knows it, so it has to be more fundamental, and closer to what is healthy and strong and golden within you.
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