Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 1 of 2

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evil, and attracted to immorality. It prefers to avoid
challenges and is reluctant to strive hard. If you force it,
you will lead it in the right way, but if you neglect it, you
will cause its doom."424
35. "Feeling helpless is a sickness, patience is bravery,
asceticism is wealth and piety is protection."
36. "Do not be a slave to anyone when Allah (g) has made
you free."
37. "Beware of relying on wishful thinking, because this is the
way of the foolish people."
38. "The people are sleeping, and when they die, they will
wake up."
39. "People are enemies of things they do not know."
40. "No man will be mined who knows what he is."
41. "One word could cause the loss of a blessing."
42. "Good manners are like a garment renewed, and pondering
is like looking into a clear mirror."
43. "Poverty makes the smart man unable to establish his
proof, and the one who has little money is a stranger in his
own land."
44. "When one acquires worldly blessings, people attribute to
him qualities that are not his, but when all of that departs
from him, then people cannot see his good qualities."425
45. "Exhort people, and he wise when doing so, for people's
hearts and minds get tired just as their bodies do."426
46. "A cheerful countenance is another gift."427