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Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires) and be one of the commoners among the people
Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Awaken your heart to kindness and mercy for the people and love and tenderness for them. Never, never act with them like a predatory beast which seeks to be satiated by devouring them, for the people fall into two categories: they are either your brethren in faith or your kindred in creation.
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During civil disturbance adopt such an attitude that people do not attach any importance to you - they neither burden you with complicated affairs, nor try to derive any advantage out of you.
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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 he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.
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Patience to faith is like the head to the body. The person who has no patience has not faith.
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Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man they only reveal him
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Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others.
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Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.
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