Ali ibn Abi Talib Desire Quotations

You should desire for others what you desire for yourself, and hate for others what you hate for yourself. Do not oppress, just as you do not like to be oppressed. Do good to others just as you would like good to be done to you. Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others. Accept that treatment from others which you would like others to accept from you. Do not say to others what you do not like to be said to you.

The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.

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

To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.

One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.