Imam Ali (AS) said:

Extravagance is blameworthy in everything except in doing good deeds.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam Ali (AS) said:

One whose lineage is honourable, his presence is good.

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The Prophet (SAWA) said, "The beauty of a woman"s faith must be given priority over the beauty of her face.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

One who admires himself will be ridiculed because of it.

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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘If only there were whips over my companions’ heads that they may gain an understanding of the difference between the lawful and the unlawful.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

The completeness of knowledge is [in] acting according to it.

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Imam al-Baqir and Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘He who is content with whatever sustenance Allah has provided him is the richest of people.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Munificence is bearing the [heavy] burdens of [other people's] liabilities.

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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily, God decrees low and high prices.’

- Nahjul Fasaha

Imam Ali (AS) said:

When the outward gets corrupted, the inward also get corrupted.

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Imam Ali (AS) said:

Beware of separation, for indeed the one who is isolated from the people of truth is [prey] for Satan just as the lonely sheep is [prey] for the wolf.

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Allah (azwj) said, ‘O, Son of Adam! I am the Knower of your secrets, thus fear Me.’

- Kalemato Allah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Hastening to forgive is from the morals of the honourable.

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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Make your earnings lawful and your supplication will be answered, for verily when a man raises an unlawful morsel of food to his mouth, his supplication is not answered for forty days.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

The intellect is the close friend of a believer, knowledge is his vizier, patience is the commander of his army and action is his overseer.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Eloquence is in three matters:to approach the intended meaning, evade surplus wording, and explain big meanings with little words.’

- Tuhaf Al-Uqoul

Imam Ali (AS) said:

God-wariness is the best provision.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam Ali (AS) said in supplication, ‘O He whose name is a remedy and whose remembrance is a healing.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

A believer is never found to be anything but content.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Whoever trusts in Allah, He suffices him.

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