Ali ibn Abi Talib Men Quotations

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.

How strange and foolish is man. He looses his health in gaining wealth. Then to regain health he wastes his wealth. He ruins is present while worrying about his future - but weeps in the future by recalling his past. He lives as though death shall never come to him - but dies in a way as if he were never born.

Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him

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

Allah, the Exalted, gave the angels intellect without desires, He gave the animals desires without intellect, and He gave both to the sons of Adam. So a man whose intellect prevails over his desires is better than the angels, whilst a man whose desire prevails over his intellect is worse than the animals.

When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.

Man comes from a drop of semen and leaves as a piece of dust. He doesn't know when he came and he doesn't know when he's leaving, yet he walks on the earth thinking he knows everything.

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.

The best deed of a great man is to forgive and forget.

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

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

A man is hid under his tongue.

The weakest man is the one who is able to correct his moral defects, but doesn't take action.

A man's worth depends upon the nobility of his aspirations.

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.

A man's behavior is the index of the man, and his discourse is the index of his understanding.

Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals & character is superior to the man who tries to teach & train others.

An alert and learned man will take advice from any event.

Glory is for none but the learned, Guided are they - and proofs for seekers of guidance. Every person is measured based on how much of it (knowledge) he mastered, The ignorant are to the learned their enemies, Succeed with knowledge and live energetically forever, Men are all dead, only the possessors of knowledge are truly alive

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

Be afraid of a dignified man when he is hungry and a wicked man when his belly is full.

In this world, man is a target of death, an easy prey to calamities, here every morsel and every draught is liable to choke one, here one never receives a favour until he loses another instead, here every additional day in one's life is a day reduced from the total span of his existence, when death is the natural outcome of life, how can we expect immortality.

Whoever wants to be a leader should educate himself before educating others. Before preaching to others he should first practice himself. Whoever educates himself and improves his own morals is superior to the man who tries to teach and train others.