Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes - Page 2

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

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  Heart, Eye, Space

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• There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.

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  Knowledgeable Person, Silence, Three

  "'Bihar al-Anwar' ('Seas of Lights')". Hadith book by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Volume 2,

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• Do not hate what you do not know, for the greater part of knowledge consists of what you do not know.

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  Hate, Knows, Greater

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• People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.

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  Faith, Brother, Islamic

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• He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.

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  World, Betray

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• Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.

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  Heart, Eye, Men

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• A True friend is one who sees a fault, gives you advice and who defends you in your absence.

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  True Friend, Giving, Advice

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• Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

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  Islamic, Silence, Sometimes

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• It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.

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  Wise, Enemy, Foolish

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• You 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 others just as you would like good to be done to you. Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others. Accept that treatment from others which you would like others to accept from you. Do not say to others what you do not like to be said to you.

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  Hate, Desire, Done

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• Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!

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  Judging, Secret, Sin

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• Do not raise your children the way your parents raised you; they were born for a different time.

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  Inspirational, Time, Children

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• Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.

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  Mother, Use, Speech

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• Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking.

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  Lying, Safety, Silence

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• He who understands humanity seeks solitude

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  Solitude, Humanity

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• Don't engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.

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  Grief, Heart, Past

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• Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.

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  Fear, Islamic, Pride

  "'Bihar al-Anwar' ('Seas of Lights')". Hadith book by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Volume 72,

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• Do not take someone's silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.

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  Fighting, Pride, Self

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• Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

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  Wisdom, Broken Spirit, Squash

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• The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.

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  Wisdom, Islamic, Light

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• Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.

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  Hurt, Hate, Heart

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• Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.

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  Wisdom, Pain, Islamic

  "'Nahj al-Balagha' ('The Peak of Eloquence')". Book by Ali, translated by Askari Jafri,

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• Stubbornness destroys good advice.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Advice

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• True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.

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  True Friend, Soul, Different

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• Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.

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  Cost, Courtesy

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