Imam al-Hadi (AS) said, ‘The believers who violate the orders of the Lord are not saved against the punishment of violation.’

- Tuhaf Al-Uqoul

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Indeed, you have again reverted to the position of the Bedouin Arabs after migration [to Islam] and have become [divided into] different parties after once being closely united.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Gratitude is the interpreter of intention and the tongue of [one's inner] conscience.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The Hour will only come for the judgment of the wicked.’

- Nahjul Fasaha

Imam Ali (AS) said:

It behoves the intelligent one to prepare provisions for his Hereafter and to maintain [and develop] the abode of his [permanent] residence.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Verily everything is humbled and awed before the believer’, and then he said, ‘If he is sincere for Allah, Allah will make everything fear him including the wild and poisonous animals of the land and the birds of the sky.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Love of wealth strengthens [false] hopes and corrupts actions.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

`Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla narrated: ‘Once Ali punished a man who people then began abusing and cursing. So Ali said, ‘Now this man will not even be questioned with regard to his sin [i.e. your abuse has expiated him of it].’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Man is the son of his time.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘The virtue of knowledge weighs over that of worship.’

- Nahjul Fasaha

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Doing good to the one who offends you is the most excellent merit.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam Ali (AS) said:

It suffices as ignorance for a person to be ignorant about his own faults and to malign people for that which he [himself] cannot turn away from.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The world is the abode of the hypocrites and it is not the abode of the pious ones, so take from the world enough to keep your body strong, to keep yourself alive and to gain provision for your Resurrection.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

In anger there is destruction.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam Zayn al-Abidin (AS) said, ‘Your death is the hastiest to you. It is approaching you with sure steps.’

- Tuhaf Al-Uqoul

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Our follower is like the bee. If they knew what was in its abdomen, they would surely have eaten it.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘This religion will permanently be steadfast, and a group of Muslims will always fight for it to the Day of Resurrection.’

- Nahjul Fasaha

Imam Ali (AS) said:

One who tarries lets [the opportunity] go.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The intelligent should never forget three things: the expiry of this world,the change of conditions, and the unexpected disasters.’

- Tuhaf Al-Uqoul

Imam Ali (AS) said:

There is no reward for one who has no [good] deeds.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech