Ali - People Quotes

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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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There are so many highly esteemed ones who became miserable and humiliated just because of their bad temper and morals; and humble people who have attained eminence and the highest honors because of good temper and morals.

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The first fruit of forbearance is that people will sympathize with you and they will go against the man who offended you arrogantly.

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Hearts of people are like wild beasts. They attach themselves to those who love and train them.

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Two things cause people to be destroyed: fear of poverty and seeking superiority through pride.

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Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person.

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There are people who worship Allah to gain His Favors, this is the worship of traders; while there are some who worship Him to keep themselves free from His Wrath, this is the worship of slaves; a few who obey Him out' of their sense of gratitude and obligations, this is the worship of free and noble men.

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Whenever a tradition of the Holy Prophet is related to you, scrutinize it, do not be satisfied with mere verbatim repetition of the same because there are many people who repeat the words containing knowledge but only few ponder over them and try to fully grasp the meaning they convey.

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