Vanity prevents improvement
IMAM ALITwo things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.
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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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Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.
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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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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 raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.
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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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If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
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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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He who understands humanity seeks solitude.
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Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.
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Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.
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The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.
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The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.
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Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.
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Accept the apology even if it is not sincere.
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