"Know that coyness has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall turn to weakness; generosity has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall become wasting; economy has a certain extent and if exceeded, shall be stinginess; and courage has a certain extent, which if exceeded, becomes recklessness."

"There is a limit to caution and farsightedness; if one goes beyond the limit, fear and wretchedness will result."

"It is sufficient for your morality, not to involve yourself with the things you do not approve of in others."

"God has some areas where he likes to be supplicated in, and the prayer of the supplicator is accepted (in those areas); the sanctuary of Husayn (a.s.) is one of these."

"The person who obeys the unique God, will not fear the anger of the creatures of God."

"The one who thinks he is obliged to commit sin has attributed the responsibility of his sin towards Allah & has accused Him of cruelty & excess upon His servants."

"The one who performs a deed and his heart does not believe in that deed, Allah will not accept any of his practices - but that it be along with the sincerity of intention."

"He, who is certain of recompense (from Allah), will give generously."

"al-Hadi narrated from his forefathers that the Prophet said, "Love Allah for the blessings He gives you, and love me for the love of Allah, and love my household for my love!""

"Faith is that which hearts acknowledge and deeds prove, and Islam is that which tongues witness and marriage becomes lawful with."

"Whenever a time comes that the justice overwhelms and overcomes cruelty, it is prohibited to form negative conjectures and opinions about anyone, except when one knows it about him. But whenever a time comes that cruelty and oppression overwhelms the (quantum of) justice, then one must not have good opinions about the beneficence of a person, till such time he knows it(for sure)."

"Poverty and adversity is the cause of the soul’s rebellion, revolt, and the gravity of dismay."

"Mind the time when you would be lying before your family members, and there would be no physician to stop it (death), and no friend to benefit you."

"A parents' dissatisfaction causes poverty and leads to humiliation."

"The torturing and testing of parents, is followed by shortage (of sustenance), and being driven towards belittlement and humiliation."

"Envy destroys good deeds"

"Jealousy is the cause of erosion of good deeds, as well as the attracter of chastisement."

"The value and rank of a learned man is more than his knowledge."

"The ignorant (one) is the captive of his tongue."

"Indeed, both the scholar and the student share the prosperity."

"Both professor and student share in the pursuit of excellence and perfection."

"Wisdom doesn't affect corrupt hearts."

"If one of you gives (charity) with his right hand, let him conceal that from his left hand, and if he prays, let him conceal that."

"It suffices for you to have good manners by giving up what you hate of others."

"Don't ever give up precaution and farsightedness before attempting any work, and remember the result of negligence and nonchalance."

"Compensate for the regret and negligence in previous works by working hard in the future."

"Arrogance causes enmity."

"Poverty is the self's greed and increased despair."

"The one who is pleased with himself (his own state & condition), those displeased and angry with him shall get abundant in number."

"The world is like a market; one community reaps benefit in it while another one faces loss."

"I wonder at him who shows haughtiness and vainglory, while he was as a sperm yesterday and will be a carrion tomorrow."

"Trusting in God is a price to every dear thing and a ladder to every high thing."

"People are brothers. The brotherhood that is not in the way of Allah turns into enmity, for Allah says, "Friends on that day will be foes one to another, save those who kept their duty (to God).""

"Do not make an enemy of anyone until you know what there is between him and God! If he is good, God will not leave him to you and if he is bad, then your knowing of his badness will make you safe from him and so you do not need to make him your enemy."

"Do not anticipate matters before their time that you may regret. Do not live just with wishes that your hearts may be hard. Be merciful to the weak and ask for mercy from God by being merciful yourselves!"

"Turning to God with the deep of the heart is much better than tiring the organs."

"Three things take the slave to God's pleasure:"

"If people realize the value of science and knowledge, they will sacrifice themselves for earning it."

"The increase of blessing is not interrupted by God, unless thanksgiving is interrupted by the slaves."

"Take patience as your pillow, hug poverty, discard lusts, oppose your desires and know that you are seen by God, so look at how you are."

"Man's death by sins is more than his death by fate and his life by charity is more than his life by age."

"There are three characteristics that attract kindness: being fair in dealing with others, being helpful when others are in hardships and bearing a truly compassionate heart."

"Whoever has three things will never regret:"

"When the divine decree descends, the human being is cornered."

"Our upriser is The Mahdi, who should be waited for in his absence, and obeyed in his appearance. He is the third of my sons."

"The one who attended a matter and disliked it, is as the one who was absent; and whoever was not present in an affair yet was pleased with it, is as the one who witnessed it."

"The one who commits aggression and tyranny, and the one who helps him upon it, and the one who is pleased over it - all are party and participants in it."

"The boon and benevolence which is not thanked for, is like the sin which is not forgiven."