Ali ibn Abi Talib Quotes About Desire

Quotes about: Desire

• You should desire for others what you desire for yourself, and hate for others what you hate for yourself. Do not oppress, just as you do not like to be oppressed. Do good to others just as you would like good to be done to you. Dislike in yourself what you dislike in others. Accept that treatment from others which you would like others to accept from you. Do not say to others what you do not like to be said to you.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Hate, Desire, Done

• Allah, the Exalted, gave the angels intellect without desires, He gave the animals desires without intellect, and He gave both to the sons of Adam. So a man whose intellect prevails over his desires is better than the angels, whilst a man whose desire prevails over his intellect is worse than the animals.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Angel, Son, Animal

  "'Bihar al-Anwar' ('Seas of Lights')". Hadith book by Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi, Volume 60,

• To fight against one's desires is the greatest of all fights.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Islamic, Fighting, Desire

• The one who has no control over his desires has no control over his mind.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Mind, Desire

• Greed takes a person to the watering place but gets him back without letting him drink. It undertakes responsibility but does not fulfill it. Often the drinker gets choked before quenching his thirst. The greater the worth of a thing yearned for, the greater is the grief for its loss. Desires blind the eyes of understanding. The destined share would reach him who does not approach it.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Grief

• Be a good man to Allah and a bad man to yourself (desires); and be one of the commoners among the people

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Men

• Whoever desires Paradise, proceeds towards goodness; whoever fears Hell, refrains from the impulses of passions; whoever believes firmly in death, detests wordly life; and whoever recognises the worldly life, the trials and tribulations (of life) become slight for him.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Wisdom, Islamic, Believe

• One who rushes madly after inordinate desire, runs the risk of encountering destruction and death.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Running, Risk, Desire

  "'Nahj al-Balagha' ('The Peak of Eloquence')". Book by Ali, translated by Askari Jafri,

• When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection, it will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires.

  Ali ibn Abi Talib

  Perfection, Desire, Instinct

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