Ali Ibn Abi Talib Quotes

One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.

Poverty is the worst form of death.

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

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

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

He who guards his secrets retains control in his own hands

When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.

Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.

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.

The one from among the Muslims who recites the Qur'an but in the end finds his way to hell, is considerd to be among those that have taken the word of Allah in jest.

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

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.

Happiness comes towards those which believe in him

One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

Reciter and listener of the Qur'an are alike in prize and reward.

Abstinence from sins is better than seeking help afterwards.

An accepted deed is never small in Taqwa (consciousness of Allah), how can what has been accepted be small?

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

You are as much able as you know

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

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

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

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

A fool's mind is at the mercy of his tongue, and a wise man's tongue is under the control of his mind.

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

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.

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.

The group with it's impurities is better than sectarianism with it's purity.

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.

A man's measure is his will.

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

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

whoever prolongs his desire ruins his actions

who accompany ignorants, lives in misery.

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