Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, "Islam has been founded on five pillars: the establishment of prayer, the giving of the alms-tax, the fast of the month of Ramazan, the pilgrimage to the Sanctified House, and [the acknowledgment of] our guardianship, the ahl al-bayt.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Working for the Hereafter with desire for this world has no benefit.

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Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘Allah created the intellect out of four things from knowledge, power, light and volition. Then He caused it to subsist through knowledge and be eternal in the divine Dominion.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

One who opposes the truth is killed (or thrown down) by it.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam Ali (AS) said:

One whose certitude is firm, has hope.

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Imam Ali (AS) said, "The giving of wealth to an undeserving cause is squandering and wasting.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

For every statement there is a reply.

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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘You will not be able to encompass all people with your money, so meet them with cheerful faces and joy.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Beware of [engaging in] deception, for verily deception is from the qualities of the vile.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam al-Sadiq (AS) said, ‘The heart can never ascertain that the truth is falsehood, nor can it ever ascertain that falsehood is the truth.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Knowledge is the most sublime provision.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘It is bad enough for a man - except for one whom Allah protects from evil - that people should point the finger at him with regard to either his faith or his worldly affairs.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Hold yourself to account for your [own] soul for indeed other souls have someone else who will hold them to account.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam Ali (AS) said:

Whoever is proud [and pleased] with his action, his intellect gets afflicted.

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Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever utters the name of Allah on some food that he eats will never be asked [to account for] the bounty of that food.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

The survivors of war grow larger in number and have more children.

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The Prophet (SAWA) said, ‘Verily all good is grasped through the intellect, and the man devoid of intellect has no religion.’

- Mizan al-Hikmah

Imam Ali (AS) said:

There is no honour like knowledge.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech

Imam al-Hasan (AS) said, ‘Generosity is to preserve in good and bad situations.’

- Tuhaf Al-Uqoul

Imam Ali (AS) said:

How many a person accumulates that which he will leave behind.

- Exalted Aphorisms And Pearls Of Speech