Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
IMAM ALIDo not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
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The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
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No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance.
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Give much, even if you’ve been given little.
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A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
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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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Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.
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The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.
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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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The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.
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The worst of our faults is our interest in other people’s faults.
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Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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To fight against one’s desires is the greatest of all fights.
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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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