Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes - Page 4

The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.

Vanity prevents improvement

Know thyself, and thou shalt know God.

The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.

Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.

Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.

Loving one another is half of wisdom.

Greed is permanent slavery

To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.

Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.

A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance.

The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.

No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance

The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn't take action.

Contentment is a wealth that is never exhausted

Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.

Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.

Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.

Wealth tends to create enemies, whereas knowledge tends to warm hearts.

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.

Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others.

I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

Happiness comes towards those which believe in him

A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.

How many lessons there are and how little they are taken