Hazrat Imam Ali (A.S) Quotes: August 2014

Earthly life deceives, hurts, and passes.

How honorable is knowledge, that the one who does not have it says he does, and how dishonorable is ignorance, that the one who has it says he does not.

Do not run after him who tries to avoid you.

LOOK AT WHAT IS BEING SAID, NOT WHO IS SAYING IT.

Aim for the Hereafter and this world will submit to you in humility.

Three actions are considered to be gallant: lowering one's gaze, lowering one's voice, and walking with deliberation.

I will not pay allegiance to you, when you know that you're the once who are supposed to be paying allegiance to me.

Modesty is the means to all beauty.

Be thankful to Allah that He has made illness an atonement for your sins.

There are two things whose worth are only known to the one who has lost them: youth and health.

Lack of forgiveness is the ugliest of all flaws.

Truly if you do good, then it is your own soul that you honor and do good to, but if you do wrong, it is your own soul that you degrade and wrong.

Do not betray anyone who places his trust in you, even if he betrays you, and do not disclose his secrets. even if he discloses yours.

True friends are a single soul divided between different bodies.

The one who has the most blessed life is the one who supports others during his life.

I wonder at the man who doubts Allah although he sees His creations.

Knowledge is the root of all good.

LAZINESS IS THE BLIGHT OF SUCCESS.

Stupidly includes hurrying before the right time and waiting until the opportunity has passed.

Accept the excuse of your fellow brothers & sisters, and if they have no excuse then find on excuse for them.

Today there are deeds and no judgment, and tomorrow there will be judgment and no deeds.

Do not talk about knowledge with the foolish so that they deny you, nor with the ignorant so that they find you oppressive, but talk about it with those of its people whom you meet who will accept.

Clothe yourself with shyness and Armour yourself with loyality.

Loss of a beloved is exile.

Be very cautious of cold in the beginning of winter and welcome it towards its end, because cold season affects your bodies the same way it affects the trees, in the beginning its severity makes them shrivel and shed their leaves and at the end it helps them to revive.

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

Do not criticize too much, too much criticism leads to hate and bad behavior.

A person can never find the true taste of faith until he abandons lying, both serious and humorous.

HIDE THE GOOD YOU DO, AND MAKE KNOWN THE GOOD DONE TO YOU.

The outcome of fear is disappointment, and of shyness is frustration.

Blessed is the one whose own faults preoccupies him from finding faults in others.

Live among-st people in such a manner that if you they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

Value of a man depends upon his courage, his veracity depends upon his self-respect, and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.

NOTHING CAN CAUSE NATIONS TO FLOURISH LIKE JUSTICE.

The right of freedom of speech consists in speaking the truth.

Through patience, great things are accomplished.

Keep your thoughts cleaner than pure water. As water drops make a river, thoughts make character and faith.

Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.

Anger is like a ball of fire, but if you swallow it, it's sweeter than honey.

When you stand for prayer, imagine that it is your last.

The wiser a man is, the less talkative he will be.

There is no loneliness more miserable than self admiration.

Blessed is the man who always kept the life after death in his view, who remembered the Day of judgment through all his deeds, who led a contented life, and who was happy with the lot that God had destined for him.