LIFE LESSONS

• 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 you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him. 
• Our affairs are attached to the destiny decreed by Allah, even our best plans may lead us to destruction.
• When you get ill do not get nervous about it and try as much as possible to be hopeful.
• 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. 
• Success is the result of foresight and resolution, foresight depends upon deep thinking and planning and the most important factor of planning is to keep your secrets to yourself.  
• There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation. 
• Patience is of two kinds: patience over what pains you, and patience against what you covet.  
• Lack of friends means, stranger in one's own country.
• Not to have a thing is less humiliating than to beg it. 
• Time wears out bodies, renews hopes, brings death nearer and takes away aspirations. Whoever gets anything from the world lives in anxiety for holding it and whoever loses anything passes his days grieving over the loss. 
• Every breath you take is a step towards death. 
• If matters get mixed up then scrutinize the cause and you will know what the effects will be.  
• One who imagines himself to be all-knowing will surely suffer on account of his ignorance.
• Like your body your mind also gets tired so refresh it by wise sayings.
• That knowledge which remains only on your tongue is very superficial. The intrinsic value of knowledge is that you act upon it. 

Imam Ali