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The most helpless person is the one who is helpless in reforming himself.
Imam AliImam Ali Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price
Imam AliImam Ali The best companion and helper is admirable morals.
Imam AliImam Ali Poverty is the worst form of death.
Imam AliImam Ali Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.
Imam AliImam Ali Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.
Imam AliImam Ali Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.
Imam AliImam Ali I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.
Imam AliImam Ali One who thinks and reflects develops his foresight and vision.
Imam AliImam Ali The word of God is the medicine of the heart.
Imam AliImam Ali Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn’t believe it.
Imam AliImam Ali No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance.
Imam AliImam Ali Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.
Imam AliImam Ali The worst of our faults is our interest in other people’s faults.
Imam AliImam Ali Vanity prevents improvement
Imam AliImam Ali The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.
Imam AliImam Ali
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