Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes

There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.

I am amazed at the heart of man: It possesses the substance of wisdom as well as the opposites contrary to it ... for if hope arises in it, it is brought low by covetousness: and if covetousness is aroused in it, greed destroys it. If despair possesses it, self piety kills it: and if it is seized by anger, this is intensified by rage. If it is blessed with contentment, then it forgets to be careful; and if it is filled with fear, then it becomes preoccupied with being cautious. If it feels secure , then it is overcome by vain hopes; and if it is given wealth, then its independence makes it extravagant. If want strikes it, then it is smitten by anxiety. If it is weakened by hunger, then it gives way to exhaustion; and if it goes too far in satisfying its appetites, then its inner becomes clogged up. So all its shortcomings are harmful to it, and all its excesses corrupt it.

A man's measure is his will.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

The moment you start arguing with an ignorant fool, you have already lost.

People are like waves of the ocean, some cover you with tides of refreshment, whilst others drown you in floods of turmoil

If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it.

If what you achieve today is equal to what you achieved yesterday, then you are at a loss. And if what you have achieved today is less than what you achieved yesterday, then you are deprived from the Almighty's blessings. Anyone who is not progressing, is in fact regressing, and if you are regressing, then you might as well be dead.

Get to know the right, then you would know the people of right. Right Is not measured by its men, but men are measured by their right.

Love is an illness which doesn't have good nor recompense.

If one night you see someone committing a sin, tomorrow do not look at him as a sinner. He may have repented during the night and you did not know.

The real Muslim is the one who prefers speaking the truth even when it is ruinous to him over lying even when it benefits him, and who finds inner peace in doing so.

You are as much able as you know

When my prayers are answered, I am happy because it was my wish. When my prayers are not answered, I am even more happy because that was gods wish.

Don´t count the days. Make the days count.

whoever prolongs his desire ruins his actions

Half of wisdom is love and friendship with people.(the other half is to guard yourself against the evils of people)

Be like the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it.

If all the women over the world have been permitted to be married to only one man, except one woman. He'd love to marry that woman. That is the imprint of man

O Alaah, i haven't worshiped you because of lusting of heaven or fearing of hill. I've worshiped you because you deserve to be worshiped.