"Do not force your children to behave like you, for they have been created for a time which is different to your time." – Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 399

 

"Do not force your children to behave like you, for they have been created for a time which is different to your time." – Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 399

Arabic:
لَا تُكْرِهُوا أَوْلَادَكُمْ عَلَى آدَابِكُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ مَخْلُوقُونَ لِزَمَانٍ غَيْرِ زَمَانِكُمْ.
— نهج البلاغة، الحكمة ٣٩٩

"The word of wisdom is the lost property of the believer; he has the right to it wherever he finds it." – Al-Kafi, V1, p.39 Arabic: كَلِمَةُ الحِكْمَةِ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ، فَحَيْثُمَا وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا. — الكافي، ج ١، ص ٣٩

 

"The word of wisdom is the lost property of the believer; he has the right to it wherever he finds it." – Al-Kafi, V1, p.39

Arabic:
كَلِمَةُ الحِكْمَةِ ضَالَّةُ الْمُؤْمِنِ، فَحَيْثُمَا وَجَدَهَا فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا.
— الكافي، ج ١، ص ٣٩

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere." - Ghurar al-Hikam

 "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere." - Ghurar al-Hikam

مَنْ لَهُ أَلْفُ صَدِيقٍ فَلَيْسَ لَهُ صَدِيقٌ يُفْضِلُ، وَمَنْ لَهُ عَدُوٌّ وَاحِدٌ يَلْقَاهُ فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ.
— غرر الحكم

Only he who has power to punish can pardon. (Hazrat Imam Ali "AS")

Only he who has power to punish can pardon.

Two kinds of greedy people never get satisfied; the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of this world. -Hazrat Imam Ali (AS)

Two kinds of greedy people never get satisfied; the seeker of knowledge and the seeker of this world.

Don't engage your heart, in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming. -Imam Ali (AS)

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

Half of the knowledge is (having ability) to say I don't know. -Imam Ali (AS)

Half of the knowledge is (having ability) to say I don't know.

I am Ali! Ask me and you will be answered. My sharp sword is a cutting decider, and my spear's edge exposes the truth. -Imam Ali (AS)

I am Ali! Ask me and you will be answered. My sharp sword is a cutting decider, and my spear's edge exposes the truth.

No Mirror can reflect a Picture of a Human as Best as his Attitude and Way of Speaking do. -Hazrat Imam Ali (AS)

No Mirror can reflect a Picture of a Human as Best as his Attitude and Way of Speaking do.

Submission to Allah's Will is the best companion; wisdom is the noblest heritage. -Hazrat Imam Ali (AS)

Submission to Allah's Will is the best companion; wisdom is the noblest heritage.

I didn't see anyone who smiled more than Rasul-Allah (PBUH) -Hazrat Imam Ali (AS)

I didn't see anyone who smiled more than Rasul-Allah (PBUH)

Make your peace with your CREATOR So that the hereafter becomes peaceful For you, and live harmoniously with One another so that you do not Destroy the World. -Hazrat Imam Ali (AS)

Make your peace with your CREATOR So that the hereafter becomes peaceful For you, and live harmoniously with One another so that you do not Destroy the World.

DO NOT DISAPPOINT A PERSON WHO HOLDS A GOOD OPINION OF YOU AND DO NOT MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS OPINION. -Imam Ali (AS)

DO NOT DISAPPOINT A PERSON WHO HOLDS A GOOD OPINION OF YOU AND DO NOT MAKE HIM CHANGE HIS OPINION.

You will begin to heal when you let go of of past hurts and forgive those who have wronged you. -Imam Ali (AS)

You will begin to heal when you let go of of past hurts and forgive those who have wronged you.

SURELY SILENCE CAN SOMETIMES BE THE MOST ELOQUENT REPLY. -Hazrat Imam Ali (AS)

SURELY SILENCE CAN SOMETIMES BE THE MOST ELOQUENT REPLY.

There is always enough light for one who wishes to see. -Hazrat Imam Ali (AS)

There is always enough light for one who wishes to see.

Have love for your friend up to a limit for it is possible that he may turn into your enemy some day. And hate your enemy up to a limit , for it is possible that he may turn into your friend someday. -Imam Ali (AS)

Have love for your friend up to a limit for it is possible that he may turn into your enemy some day. And hate your enemy up to a limit , for it is possible that he may turn into your friend someday.

Learn to be quite just as you learn to talk, because if talking guides you, being quite protects you. By being quite, you attain two characteristics: you are able to take knowledge from those more knowledgeable than you and you are able to repel the ignorance of those more ignorant than you. -Imam Ali (AS)

Learn to be quite just as you learn to talk, because if talking guides you, being quite protects you. By being quite, you attain two characteristics: you are able to take knowledge from those more knowledgeable than you and you are able to repel the ignorance of those more ignorant than you.  

If poverty was a man I would've killed him. -Hazrat Imam Ali (AS)

If poverty was a man I would've killed him.

Oh Allah, when I lose my hopes and plans, help me remember that your love is greater than my disappointments, and your plans for my life are better than my dreams. -Imam Ali (AS)

Oh Allah, when I lose my hopes and plans, help me remember that your love is greater than my disappointments, and your plans for my life are better than my dreams.