Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib Quotes

To separate oneself from things of time and to connect oneself with things of eternity is highest wisdom.

I wonder at a man who loses hope of salvation when the door of repentance is open for him.

Do not feel ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to refuse the needy is an act of greater shame.

Wealth is the fountain head of passions.

Aid (from Allah) is in proportion to the trouble.

Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.

The learned man understands the ignorant for he was once ignorant for he was once ignorant himself.

Not to have a thing is less humiliating than to beg it.

Honesty is Divine language.

The first fruit of forbearance is that people will sympathize with you and they will go against the man who offended you arrogantly.

Whenever a tradition of the Holy Prophet is related to you, scrutinize it, do not be satisfied with mere verbatim repetition of the same because there are many people who repeat the words containing knowledge but only few ponder over them and try to fully grasp the meaning they convey.

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.

Submission to Allah's Will is the best companion; wisdom is the noblest heritage; theoretical and practical knowledge are the best signs of distinction; deep thinking will present the clearest picture of every problem.

Humility is the product of knowledge.

There is no knowledge and science like pondering and thought; and there is no prosperity and advancement like knowledge and science.