Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
IMAM ALII was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.
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Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.
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To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
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Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.
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Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
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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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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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The best revenge is to improve yourself.
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Give much, even if you’ve been given little.
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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 strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.
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The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.
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Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
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Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.
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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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