Hazrat ali Quotes

“Every breath you take is a step forward toward death. (Hazrat Ali-As)”

“Every breath you take is a step forward toward death. (Hazrat Ali-As)”

“Develop in your heart the feeling of love for your people and let it be the source of kindliness and blessing to them. Do not behave with them like a barbarian, and do not appropriate to yourself that which belongs to them. Remember that the citizens of the state are of two categories. They are either your brethren in religion or your brethren in kind. They are subject to infirmities and liable to commit mistakes.”

“Beware! Abstain from shedding blood without a valid cause. There is nothing more harmful than this which brings about one’s ruin. The blood that is willfully shed shortens the life of a state. On the Day of Judgement it is this crime for which one will have to answer first. So, beware! Do not wish to build the strength of your state on blood for, it is this blood which ultimately weakens the state and passes it into other hands. Before me and my God no excuse for willful killing can be entertained.”

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

“RemedyYour medicine is in you, and you do not observe it. Your ailment is from yourself, and you do not register it.Hazrat Ali”

“Hazrat Ali, in a saying attributed to him, says: ‘Man is in disguise, covered by his tongue’.”

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

“Riches without faith are the greatest poverty.”

“The days of life pass away like clouds, so do good while you are alive.”

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