A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in time of need, behind your back, and after your death.
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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People’s hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
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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 many lessons there are and how little they are taken.
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There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.
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Poverty is the worst form of death.
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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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Do not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.
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Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.
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A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
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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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Loving one another is half of wisdom.
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Hate no one, no matter how much they’ve wronged you.
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A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.
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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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Man ruins is present while worrying about his future – – but weeps in the future by recalling his past.
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