Quotes from Ali ibn Abi Talib

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.

Stubbornness destroys good advice.

Loving one another is half of wisdom.

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.

Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price

How many lessons there are and how little they are taken

The world is darkness; knowledge is light; but knowledge without truth is a mere shadow.

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

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

Many a spoken word is more piercing than an attack.

Perfecting one's intellect causes one to speak less, and those words spoken will be adorned with wisdom.

Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned about what you wrote.

Understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the Qur'an is by far, higher than memorizing.

The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.

Greed is permanent slavery

Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people

Beware of the flight of Blessings, For nothing that runs away is returned.

Allah's Generosity is connected to gratitude, and gratitude is linked to increase in His generosity. The generosity of Allah will not stop increasing unless the gratitude of the servant ceases

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.

One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.

When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.

Knowledge is of two kinds: that which is absorbed and that which is heard. And that which is heard does not profit if it is not absorbed.

If all the women over the world have been permitted to be married to only one man, except one woman. He'd love to marry that woman. That is the imprint of man

A hopeless man sees difficulties in every chance, but a hopeful person sees chances in every difficulty.