Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes

Everyone who is taken by death asks for more time, while everyone who still has time makes excuses for procrastination.

The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.

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

Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.

Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

The word of God is the medicine of the heart.

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

Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company.

To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.

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

Stubbornness destroys good advice.

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.

Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.

During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.

He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

He who understands humanity seeks solitude

Don't engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.

Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price

A friend cannot be considered a friend until he is tested in three occasions: in timeof need, behind your back, and after your death.

Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.

Happiness comes towards those which believe in him

Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it.