Quote #187
Death is near and our mutual company is short.
More from Ali ibn Abi Talib
- Conceit is a barrier to progress and improvement.
- There is enough light for one who wants to see.
- Do not blame a man who delays in securing what are his just rights but blame lies on him who grasps the rights which do not belong to him.
- It is wiser to abstain then to repent.
- One should not obey anyone against the commands of God.
- Often inordinate desire to secure a single gain acts as a hindrance for the quest of many profitable pursuits.
- One, who serves a person from whom he gets no reci- procal performance of duties, in fact, worships him.
- People often hate those things which they do not know or cannot understand.