Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes

How foolish is man! He ruins the present while worrying about the future, but weeps in the future by recalling his past!

Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.

Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.

A friend is not a true friend unless he protects his friend in his misfortune, in his absence, and at his death.

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

A man's measure is his will.

Be an enemy of tyrants and be a friend and helper of those who are oppressed and tyrannized.

Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can't understand it.

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.

If poverty were a man, I would have slain him.

A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.

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.