Ali ibn Abi Talib

Ali ibn Abi-Talib (Arabic: علي بن أبي طالب)

(c. 600 - 661) ''Fourth Caliph of Islam, Religious leader, warrior, orator, poet. Son-in-law of the prophet Muhammad, especially revered by Shia Muslims.

• You (humans) think that you an insignificant, while there is a great universe contained in you.
• If poverty were a man, I would have slain him.
• A poor man is like a foreigner in his own country.
• Do not be too hard, lest you be broken; do not be too soft, lest you be squeezed.
• A man's measure is his will.
• There is no wealth like knowledge, no poverty like ignorance.
• I have never won a debate with an ignorant person.
• Mutilate not even a rabid dog.
• A wise man's bosom is the safe of his secrets.
• Man is a wonderful creature; he sees through the layers of fat (eyes), hears through a bone (ears) and speaks through a lump of flesh (tongue).
• Live amongst people in such a manner that if you die they weep over you and if you are alive they crave for your company.
• If someone's deeds lower his position, his pedigree cannot elevate it.
• A virtuous person is better than virtue and a vicious person is worse than vice.
• Seek help from those who were satiated and then hungry, not from those who were hungry and then satiated.
• Only he who has the power to punish can pardon.
• Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.
• Contentment is the capital which will never diminish.
• Value of each man depends upon the art and skill which he has attained.