Ali ibn Abi TalibLet me alone, and go in search of someone else.372Love
Ali ibn Abi TalibOf all the follies the greatest is to love the world.341Love
Ali ibn Abi TalibContentment is a wealth that is never exhausted341Love
Ali ibn Abi TalibNothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.375HumanityLove
Ali ibn Abi TalibBe afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.353Time
Ali ibn Abi TalibThe worst of our faults is our interest in other people's faults.344Humanity
Ali ibn Abi TalibSilence is the best reply to a fool.367Truth
Ali ibn Abi TalibHad there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness inspite of much wealth; ostentation… ▶323HumanityLifeLove
Ali ibn Abi TalibThe wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be. ✨ 'Nahj al-Balagha' ('The Peak of Eloquence'). Book by Ali, translated by Askari Jafri,356Reading
Ali ibn Abi TalibPeople are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.357HopeHumanity
Ali ibn Abi TalibOne who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.291Hope
Ali ibn Abi TalibThe world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.379Truth
Ali ibn Abi TalibDo not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may… ▶324Humanity
Ali ibn Abi TalibTwo things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride. ✨ 'Bihar al-Anwar' ('Seas of Lights'). Hadith book by Moh… ▶358HumanityReading
Ali ibn Abi TalibBe a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people347Humanity
Ali ibn Abi TalibTo fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.326Politics
Ali ibn Abi TalibBe like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.315Humanity
Ali ibn Abi TalibHide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.272Sadness
Ali ibn Abi TalibWhen proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.327Hope
Ali ibn Abi TalibYou should desire for others what you desire for yourself, and hate for others what you hate for yourself. Do not oppress, just as you do not like to be oppressed. Do good to othe… ▶3510Sadness
Ali ibn Abi TalibOh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.261Philosophy
Ali ibn Abi TalibHow many lessons there are and how little they are taken316Humanity
Ali ibn Abi TalibWhoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others.327Sadness
Ali ibn Abi TalibThe outcome of fear is disappointment and shyness is frustration.272Politics
Ali ibn Abi TalibHe who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make h… ▶327Life
Ali ibn Abi TalibThe word of God is the medicine of the heart.295Love
Ali ibn Abi TalibRiches without faith are the greatest poverty.306Hope
Ali ibn Abi TalibCourtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.317Philosophy
Ali ibn Abi TalibThe best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget. ✨ 'Nahj al-Balagha' ('The Peak of Eloquence'). Book by Ali, translated by Askari Jafri,284Reading
Ali ibn Abi TalibTo maintain nice relation with the people is half of intelligence, nice questioning is half of knowledge, and nice domestic arrangements is half of the management of livelihood.295Humanity
