He who has one-hundred friends has no friends to lose, he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Ali bin Abu-Talib
He who is deserted by friends and relatives will often find help and sympathy from strangers.
Ali bin Abu-Talib
Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds).
Ali bin Abu-Talib
There are three signs of a knowledgeable person: knowledge, forbearance and silence.
Ali bin Abu-Talib
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Ali bin Abu-Talib
There are people who worship God to gain His Favors, this is the worship of traders; while there are some who worship Him to keep themselves free from His Wrath, this is the worship of slaves; a few who obey Him out' of their sense of gratitude and obligations, this is the worship of free and noble men.
Ali bin Abu-Talib
One, who adopts patience, will never be deprived of success though it may take a long time to reach him.
Ali bin Abu-Talib
This world is not a permanent place, it is a passage, a road on which you are passing. There are two kinds of people here: One is the kind of those who have sold their souls for eternal damnation, the other is of those who have purchased their souls and freed them from damnation.
Ali bin Abu-Talib