Top 120 Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “The best revenge is to improve yourself.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

2. “Never explain yourself to anyone, because the one who likes you would not need it, and the one dislikes you wouldn’t believe it.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

3. “Silence is the best reply to a fool.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

4. “Do not let your difficulties fill you with anxiety, after all it is only in the darkest nights that stars shine more brightly.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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5. “Be like a flower that gives its fragrance even to the hand that crushed it.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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6. “Body is purified by water. Ego by tears. Intellect is purified by knowledge. And soul is purified with love.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

8. “People are of two types, they are either your brothers in faith or your equals in humanity.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

9. “Beautiful people are not always good, but good people are always beautiful.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

10. “The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

11. “The word of God is the medicine of the heart.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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12. “Do not feel lonely on the road of righteousness Because of the fewness of the walkers on it.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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13. “A moment of patience in a moment of anger prevents a thousand moments of regret.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

15. “Hide the good you do, and make known the good done to you.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

16. “He who trusts the world, the world betrays him.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

17. “Greed is permanent slavery.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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18. “Don’t engage your heart in grief over the past or you wont be ready for what is coming.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

19. “The vision of the eye is limited; the vision of the heart transcends all barriers of time and space.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

20. “I will be patient till even patience tires of my patience.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

21. “No wealth like education and no poverty like ignorance.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

22. “The disease of the heart is worse than the disease of the body.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

23. “Authority, power, and wealth do not change a man; they only reveal him.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

25. “Your souls are precious and can only be equal to the price of Paradise, therefore sell them only at that price.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

26. “Do not take someone’s silence as his pride, perhaps he is busy fighting with his self.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

27. “The worst of our faults is our interest in other people’s faults.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

28. “Courtesy costs nothing, but buys everything.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

29. “Fear only the will of God and you will have no cause to fear anyone else.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

30. “He who understands humanity seeks solitude.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

31. “Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

32. “Nothing hurts a good soul and kind heart more than to live amongst people who can’t understand it.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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33. “Do for this life as if you live forever, do for the afterlife as if you will die tomorrow.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

34. “A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

36. “Recitation of the Qur’an without contemplation and thought is futile.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

37. “The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

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

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

39. “Fear the sins that you commit in secret, because the Witness of those sins is the Judge Himself!”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

40. “Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

41. “Stubbornness destroys good advice.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

42. “Asceticism is not that you should not own anything, but that nothing should own you.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

43. “The highest person is he who is of most use to humankind.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

44. “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.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

45. “It is better to listen to a wise enemy than to seek counsel from a foolish friend.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

46. “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.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

47. “Always consider your intellect to be lacking; otherwise too much faith in it surely leads to error.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

48. “Surely silence can sometimes be the most eloquent reply.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

49. “Understanding the knowledge and wisdom of the Qur’an is by far, higher than memorizing.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

50. “Safety lies in silence. It is easier to rectify what you miss by silence, than to secure what you lose by speaking.”

— Ali ibn Abi Talib