Hazrat Ali Ibn Abu-Talib A.S Quotes

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

Beware of speaking too much, for it increases mistakes and engenders boredom.

When you get ill do not get nervous about it and try as much as possible to be hopeful.

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

Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.

Develop in your heart the feeling of love for your people and let it be the source of kindliness and blessing to them. Do not behave with them like a barbarian, and do not appropriate to yourself that which belongs to them. Remember that the citizens of the state are of two categories. They are either your brethren in religion or your brethren in kind. They are subject to infirmities and liable to commit mistakes.

Beware! Abstain from shedding blood without a valid cause. There is nothing more harmful than this which brings about one’s ruin. The blood that is willfully shed shortens the life of a state. On the Day of Judgement it is this crime for which one will have to answer first. So, beware! Do not wish to build the strength of your state on blood for, it is this blood which ultimately weakens the state and passes it into other hands. Before me and my God no excuse for willful killing can be entertained.

Woman is a delicate creature with strong emotions who has been created by the Almighty God to shoulder responsibility for educating society and moving toward perfection. God created woman as symbol of His own beauty and to give solace to her partner and her family.

Patience ensures victory.

Your friends are three and your enemies are three. Your friends are: your friend, the friend of your friend, and the enemy of your enemy. Your enemies are: your enemy, the enemy of your friend, and the friend of your enemy.

Life consists of two days, one for you one against you. So when it's for you don't be proud or reckless, and when it's against you be patient, for both days are test for you.

It’s never the value of water but thirst, it’s never the value of life but death and it’s never about the friendship but trust.

You were ordered to obey to Allah, and you were create to perform good deeds.

How strange is man that when he is afraid of something he runs away from it, but when he is afraid of Allah, he gets closer to Him.

Tears only dry up as a result of hardness of the heart, and the hearts only harden as a result of frequent sinning.

When the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray

A wise man always has something to say, whereas a fool always needs to say something.

He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.

Honesty will guide you to goodness, and goodness will invite you to heaven.

Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.

A graceful refusal is better than a lengthy promise.

A brother is like gold and a friend is like diamond. If gold cracks you can melt it and make it just like it was before. If a diamond cracks, it can never be like it was before.

Our followers are like bees which live among birds. None of the birds recognize the bees because of their small size and weakness. They would not treat them this way if they realized that these very small bees can carry honey which is very valuable in their stomachs.