SAYINGS OF HAZRAT ALI RAZI ALLAH ANHU

• A wise man first thinks and then speaks and a fool speaks first and then thinks.
• Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full.
• Be generous but not extravagant, be frugal but not miserly.
• He who is greedy is disgraced; he who discloses his hardship will always be humiliated; he who has no control over his tongue will often have to face discomfort.
• If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
• 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.
• 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).
• The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
• 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).
  
• 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.
• The best kind of wealth is to give up inordinate desires.
• Be afraid of a gentleman when he is hungry, and of a mean person when his stomach is full.
• There are people who obey Allah to gain his favours, they act like businessmen. There are people who obey Him to keep themselves free from his wrath, they act as slaves. But there are people who obey Allah out of their sense of gratitude & obligation. They act as gentlemen & noblemen.
• When few blessing come your way, don't drive them away through thanklessness. It is the tongue of a man which will lead him to hell & it is only the tongue of a man which will lead him to heaven
• The sin that makes you sad, repentant & guilty is liked better by Allah than the good deed which makes you vain & conceited
• Do not be ashamed if the amount of charity is small because to return the beggar empty handed is an act of greater shame. It is up to Allah to decide whether the beggar is genuine or not. Man's duty is to spread his blessings