How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth.
IMAM ALITwo things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
More Imam Ali Quotes
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Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.
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Silence is the best reply to a fool.
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Greed is permanent slavery.
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Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.
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I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.
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Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.
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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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Where there is haste, there must be mistake.
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Keep in touch with the ones who have forgotten you, and forgive who has wronged you, and do not stop praying for the best for those you love.
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A man’s worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.
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True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.
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How many lessons there are and how little they are taken.
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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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Man ruins is present while worrying about his future – – but weeps in the future by recalling his past.
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Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.
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