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Famous Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes
“Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.”
“The outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.”
“A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.”
“I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.”
“The nourishment of body is food, while the nourishment of the soul is feeding others.”
“Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.”
“Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.”
“Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.”
“The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.”
“A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.”
“To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.”
“A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.”
“Don't engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.”
“I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience.”
“Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it.”
“When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.”
“People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.”
“The worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.”
“A calamity does not descend except due to a sin and it is not lifted except with repentance.”
“Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.”
“Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!”