Quotes from Ali ibn-Abi-Talib

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

Let me alone, and go in search of someone else.

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.

Never make a decision in anger and never make a promise in happiness.

Not every man with a heart is understanding, nor every man with an ear a listener, and nor every man with eyes able to see.

Silence is the garden of thought.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth while the tongue of the wise man is in his heart