Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
IMAM ALIAlways consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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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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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.
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Do not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.
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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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Stubbornness destroys good advice.
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A girl is a good deed and a boy is a bounty. Good deeds are rewarded while people are held accountable for bounties.
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I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
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Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.
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It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.
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A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.
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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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Hate no one, no matter how much they’ve wronged you.
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The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.
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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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