Ali ibn-abi-Talib

Ali ibn Abi Talib was a central early Islamic leader, the fourth Rashidun caliph, and in Shia Islam the first Imam.

Quotes by Ali ibn-abi-Talib

Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.
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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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No one has ever suffered from his people as I have.
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I was not created to be occupied by eating delicious foods like tied up cattle.
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He who busies himself with things other than improvement of his own self becomes perplexed in darkness and entangled in ruin. His evil spirits immerse him deep in vices and make his bad actions seem handsome.
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Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He be glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.
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People's hearts are like wild animals. They attach their selves to those that love and train them.
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A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.
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Men are more like the time they live in than they are like their fathers.
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Thy lot or portion of life is seeking after thee; therefore be at rest from seeking after it.
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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
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That man travels the longest journey that undertakes it in search of a sincere friend.
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A covetous man's penny is a stone.
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To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
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A man is hid under his tongue.
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The tongue of a wise man lieth behind his heart.
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