A fool’s mind is at the mercy of his tongue and a wise man’s tongue is under the control of his mind.
- Hazrat Ali

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.
- Hazrat Ali

Wealth converts a strange land into homeland and poverty turns a native place into a strange land.
- Hazrat Ali

A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
- Hazrat Ali

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

He who is deserted by friends and relatives will often find help and sympathy from strangers.
- Hazrat Ali

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.
- Hazrat Ali

He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
- Hazrat Ali

Wealth is the fountain head of passions.
- Hazrat Ali

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

Lack of friends means, stranger in one’s own country.
- Hazrat Ali

The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
- Hazrat Ali

Often your utterances and expressions of your face leak out the secrets of your hidden thoughts.
- Hazrat Ali

Do not feel ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to refuse the needy is an act of greater shame.
- Hazrat Ali

Tongue is a beast, if it is let loose, it devours.
- Hazrat Ali

Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
- Hazrat Ali

So long as fortune is favoring you, your defects will remain covered.
- Hazrat Ali

Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full.
- Hazrat Ali

Anything which can be counted is finite and will come to an end.
- Hazrat Ali

A conceited and self-admiring person is disliked by others.
- Hazrat Ali

Success is the result of foresight and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning and the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to yourself.
- Hazrat Ali
Contentment is the capital which will never diminish.
- Hazrat Ali
Only he who has the power to punish can pardon.
- Hazrat Ali
Woman is a scorpion whose grip is sweet.
- Hazrat Ali

If matters get mixed up then scrutinize the cause and you will know what the effects will be.
- Hazrat Ali.