Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes - Page 5

Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive.

Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world.

If you are greeted then return the greetings more warmly. If you are favored, then repay the obligation manifold; but he who takes the initiative will always excel in merit.

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life; and whoever recognises the worldly life, the trials and tribulations (of life) become slight for him.

Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.

The best companion and helper is admirable morals.

Know you that Allah has made Islam the most sublime path for attainment of His supreme pleasure and the highest standards of his worship and obedience. He has favoured it with noble precepts, exalted principles, undoubtable arguments, unchallengeable supremacy and undeniable wisdom. It is up to you to maintain the eminence and dignity granted to it by the Lord, to follow it sincerely, to do justice to its articles of faith and belief, to obey implicitly its tenets and orders and to give it the proper place in your lives.

The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.

Do not be like those on whom advice has no effect and who require punishment to correct themselves.

Beware of the flight of Blessings, For nothing that runs away is returned.

Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.

Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.

I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.

The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.

Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.

A man is hid under his tongue.

There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.

There is no nobility with bad manners.

Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much wealth; ostentation in (good) deeds; and pride in their own intelligence.

He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands

"The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it."

The relation of patience to iman is like the relation of the head to the body. If the head is chopped off, the body becomes useless. Then he raised his voice and said: Certainly, the one who has no patience has no iman, and patience is like a riding-beast that nevers gets tired

An alert and learned man will take advice from any event.

There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals.