- Live among the people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.
- Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and nore unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (due to his deeds).
- Our affairs are attached to the destiny decreed by Allah, even our best plans may lead us to destruction.
- If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it.
- Avarice is disgrace; cowardice is a defect; poverty often disables an intelligent man from arguing his case; a poor man is a stranger in his own town; misfortune and helplessness are calamities, patience is a kind of bravery; to sever attachments with the wicked world is the greatest wealthy; piety is the best weapon of defense.
- The best form of devotion to the service of Allah is not to make a show of it
- A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
- The sin which makes you sad and repentant is more liked by Allah than the good deed which turns you arrogant.
- Only one has the power to punish can pardon.
- Generosity is to help a deserving person without his request and if you help him after his request then it is either out of self-respect or to avoid rebuke.
Hazrat Ali quotes are beacon of light for those who want to seek the love of allah and His Rasool (PBUH).