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Wise Saying's of 4th Rightful Caliph of Islam

"The Master of Believer's": Ali ibn AbiTalib







Fear God and you will have no cause to fear any one



Resignation to the Will of God is the cure of the disease of the heart



The word of God is the medicine of the heart



Lead such a life, that, when you die, the people may mourn you, and while you are alive they long for your company



The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive



Of all the follies the greatest is to love the world



Opportunity is swift of flight but slow to return



Pride, cowardice, and miserliness are bad for me but good for women



The most happy is he to whom God has given a good wife



He who knows himself knows God



Do not soil your conscience for anything but heaven



The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body



To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights



The strongest amongst you is he who subdues his self



Wealth and greed are the roots of all evils



Riches without faith are the greatest poverty



A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations



Knowledge enlivens the soul



The learned lives, although he dies



The sum total of excellence is knowledge



To respect the learned is to respect God



Generosity hides shortcomings



The wealth of a miser is as useless as a pebble



Desire is one's most inveterate enemy



Those who walk on the surface of the earth shall one day be interred in it



Every breath of man brings him nearer to death



People are asleep as long as they are alive; they are awakened when they die



Patience is the fruit of faith



Virtue never dies



A man's glory from his virtue is greater than the glory of his pedigree



No shelter is safer than piety



A man's behaviour is the index of his mind



Courtesy costs nothing but buys everything



Clemency graces power



Jealousy devours virtue as fire devours fuel



He that lends a listening ear to reproach is one of those that deserve reproach



Forgiveness is the crown of greatness



Carnal appetites are nets spread by the devil



Every arrow does not hit the mark, nor every prayer granted



Ostentatiousness spoils prayers



Fear none but your sins



He who praises you murders you



A man who praises himself displays his deficiency of intellect



Honour your parents and your sons will honour you



A man is hid under his tongue



The tongue of a wise man lies behind his heart



The tongue pierces deeper than the spear



He who purifies his heart from doubt is a believer



The opinion of a wise man is an oracle



To seek counsel is to go to the fountain of guidance



Association with a fool is tyrannical to the soul



God hastens the fall of tyrants



Tyranny leads to moral cowardice



A tyrant's success is his moral defeat



It is better to die than to beg



When a man begs he loses his faith



Hajj is the Jihad of every believer in faith



A wise enemy is better than a foolish friend



Silence is the best reply to a fool



The best speech is one that is short and reasonable



Speech is like a medicine, a small dose of which cures but an excess of which kills



He that has no courage has no religion



His grief is long whose hope is short



The right of freedom of speech consists in speaking the truth



Repentance washes away sins



Folly is an incurable disease



To assist the wrong is to oppress the right



Sinning is a disease, repentance is its medicine, and abstinence from it a sure cure



Sorrow makes a man old before his time



Pride impedes progress and mars greatness



To forgive is the crown of greatness



He who understands humanity seeks solitude



Right is the best argument



Misrepresentation spoils narration



As a man's wisdom increases, so his desire to speak decreases



He who seeks to do justice with men, let him desire for them what he desires for himself



The greatest sin is the sin that the sinner considers to be ordinary



Contentment is the asset which is never exhausted



Governments are a trial for men



He who fights against the truth, the truth will defeat him



Finding fault in others is one's greatest fault



Haste is a species of madness



Greed is perpetual enslavement



He who does not know his own worth is doomed to destruction



The best investment is one with which duties are performed



Anger is a fire kindled, he who restrains anger extinguishes the fire; he who gives vent to it is the first to be consumed by such fire



Jihad is the highway of prosperity



None is more solitary than a miser



Knowledge is the ornament of the rich, and the riches of the poor



Knowledge is the sum total of excellence



He who teaches you a letter binds you with a fetter of gratitude



As long as we do not hope, we do not fret



He who indulges in jokes and loose fall, loses a part of his wisdom



Truth is bitter, but its result is sweet; falsehood appears to be sweet but it is poisonous in its effect



Miserliness is the root of many evils



Knowledge and practice are twins, and both go together. There is no knowledge without practice, and no practice without knowledge



He who dissembles plays with his honour



When God wants to humiliate a person He deprives him of knowledge



When your power increases, decrease your desires accordingly



He who listens to a backbiter loses a friend



It is no justice to decide a case on mere conjecture



He who does not know his own worth is deemed to ignominy



He who practices thrift would never be in want



He who does not know should not be ashamed to learn



Patience is to faith, what head is to the body, when patience goes, faith goes, when head goes, the body goes



The grace of God is the best guide



A good disposition is the best companion



Wisdom is the best friend



Good breeding is the best inheritance



There is nothing more hateful than pride



Be among men like bee among birds



Mix with the people with your tongue, but be separate from them in your deeds



Be generous but do not be a spendthrift



Do not run after the world; let the world run after you



A wise man is he who does not despair of the bounty and mercy of God



He who is aware of his own faults is oblivious of the faults of others



What the eye sees the heart preserves



The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space



Do not be misled by appearances for these are apt to be deceptive



Do not have too many irons in the fire; concentrate on one thing at a time



What you do not like for your self, do not like it for others



Contentment is the treasure which is never exhausted



The advice of old men is dearer than the bravery of young men



That knowledge is superficial which is merely on the tongue; that knowledge is real which demonstrates itself in your practice



Waste of time is one's greatest loss



He who knows to keep his secret knows the way to success



Foresight is the way to safety



No relationship is stronger than the relationship that exists between man and God



Enlighten the heart with prayers



Strengthen your heart with faith



Suppress all lust with piety



Do not sell the Hereafter for the world



Do not speak in a state of ignorance



Refrain from unnecessary talk



Do not tread the path from which you can apprehend the danger of running astray



In the affairs of God, do not be afraid of the accusations of the evil mongers



In all that you do seek the protection of God



Do not covet what is undesirable



If you seek the truth, neither strays from the right path, nor be assailed by doubts



Do not become a slave of your desires



That wealth is no wealth which brings dishonour



Whatever harm accrues of silence can be remedied but whatever harm is done because of speech cannot be remedied



It is better to restrain your desires than to stretch your hand before others



A little that is earned because of honest labour is better than a larger amount gained through dishonest means



Guard well your secret



He who seeks more than what is necessary indulges in error



To oppress the weak is the worst tyranny



Do not bank on false hopes, for that is the capital of the dead



A wise man takes a lesson even from a minor lapse



Overpower desires and suspicions by patience and faith



He who does not take the middle course strays



A stranger is he who has no friends



When hopes are frustrated despair becomes the way of life



He who trusts the world, the world betrays him



The one, who knows himself, knows his creator



If you love God, tear out your heart's love of the world



The fear of God makes one secure



How can you rejoice this life that grows shorter each hour?



A world wide reputation can be undone by an hour's degradation



Three defects make life miserable; Vindictiveness, Jealousy, A bad character



One who is proud of worldly possessions in this fleeting existence is ignorant



Joy is followed by tears



Each breath of man is a step nearer to death



The best man among us is he who is most helpful to his fellow men



One who thinks himself the best is the worst



The hated person is one who returns evil for good



Virtue is the key to success



Learned men live after death; ignorant men are dead although alive



There is no treasure like knowledge gained



Knowledge is wisdom and educated man is the wise man



Experience is knowledge gained



He who never corrects himself will never correct another



Listen and you will teach yourself: remain silent, and you risk nothing



The one, who reflects on God's gifts, succeeds



Ignorance harms a man more than a cancer



One of the signs of stupid man is the frequent change of opinion



Never speak when it is not the time for speech



Beware of backbiting it sows the seed of bitterness, and separates you from God and man



The best truth is the keeping of promises



Better be dumb than lie



Do not flatter, it is no sign of faith



A hypocrite's tongue is clean, but there is sickness in his heart.



Better to be alone than with bad company



Who ever sows good, reaps his reward