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Ali ibn Abi Talib

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Ali ibn Abi Talib
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Makkah al-Mukarramah
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The word of God is the medicine of the heart.
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Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.
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Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price
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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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Blessed is he whose own faults keep him from seeing the faults of others.
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Greed is permanent slavery
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The best companion and helper is admirable morals.
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Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.
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Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.
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Stubbornness destroys good advice.
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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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Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life and whoever recognises the worldly life, the trials and tribulations (of life) become slight for him.
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Vanity prevents improvement
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Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man they only reveal him
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Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.
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Either you are just or unjust. If you are just, then you will not keep aloof from the people, but will listen to them and meet their requirements. But if you are unjust, the people themselves will keep away from you.
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When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.
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Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.
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There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.
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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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