"Modesty is the decoration of poverty, thanks-giving is the decoration of affluence and wealth. Patience and endurance are the ornaments and decorations of calamities and distress. Humility is the decoration of lineage, and eloquence is the decoration of speech. Committing to memory is the decoration of tradition (hadīth), and bowing the shoulders is the decoration of knowledge. Decency and good morale is the decoration of the mind, and a smiling face is the decoration of munifence and generiosity. Not boasting of doing favours is the decoration of good deeds, and humility is the decoration of service. Spending less is the decoration of contentment, and abondoning the meaningless and unnecessary things is the decoration of abstention and fear of God."

"If Husain fought to quench his worldly desires, (as alleged by certain Christian critics) then I do not understand why his sisters, wives and children accompanied him. It stands to reason therefore that he sacrificed purely for Islam."

"In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Husein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader."

"The historical progress of Islam, according to Gandhi, is not the legacy of the Muslim sword but a result of sacrifices of Muslim saints like Husain."

"Those who worship God for the hope of gaining, they’re not real worshippers, they’re merchants. Those who worship God out of fear (of punishment), they’re slaves. And those who worship God to be grateful towards their creator, they are the free people, and their worship is a real one."

"Whoever seeks the satisfaction of people through disobedience of God, then God subjects him to people."

"If one does not have these five things there is no good in him: intellect, religion, etiquette, shame and good manners."

"Honor and dignity of man is only in virtue and piety."

"One who pursues a goal through sinful ways, will ironically distance himself from that goal, and will approach what he was afraid of."

"Anybody who would like to have a long life and make his subsistence expanded, should pay visits to his own relatives."

"Patience in a person glows like a jewel."

"When you are frustrated and do not know a way out, only flexibility and moderation towards difficulties will save you."

"Tolerance is man’s ornament, keeping promises is a sign of nobility, and bonding with others is a grace."

"The most generous person is the one who offers help to those who do not expect him to help."

"Associating with corrupt people makes you subject to suspicion."

"Death with honor is better than a life of degradation."

"One who reveals your faults to you like a mirror is your true friend, and one who flatters you and covers up your faults is your enemy."

"People are slaves to the world, and as long as they live favorable and comfortable lives, they are loyal to religious principles. However, at hard times, the times of trials, true religious people are scarce."

"If you neither believe in religion nor fear the hereafter, then at least be free from tyranny and arrogance"

"The wise one does not speak to one whom he fears he shall be belied, he does not ask anyone of anything if he fears he shall not give, and he does not repose hope on one whom he does not trust."

"Two signs of learned person are: acceptance of other people's criticism, and being knowledgeable about the angles and dimensions of rhetoric and debate."

"Knowledge facilitates comprehension and experience increases wisdom."

"Among the signs of a learned man is criticising his own words and being informed of various viewpoints."

"Wisdom will not be complete except by following the truth."

"Increase of experiences, increases the wisdom of mankind."

"Receiving education nurtures human wisdom."

"Oh God! Surely you know that whatever we did was not a competition to gain worldly positions and not for the worthless physical attractions of the world. But to show the signs of religious ways and to remove corruption from your lands, so that the oppressed feel secured and act according to your traditions and rules."

"Our enemy is the enemy of my grandfather, Muhammad."

"Never will be salvaged the people who win the consent of the creature, at the cost of the dissatisfaction of the creator."

"Oh people, the Messenger of God said: Whoever sees an aggressive tyrant that legalizes the forbiddens of God, breeches divine laws, opposes the tradition of the Prophet, oppresses the worshippers of God, and does not concede his opposition to God in word or in deed, surely Allah will place that tyrant (in the Hell) where he deserves."

"I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Muhammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father ‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib."

"Yazid is a transgressor, a drunkard, killer of innocent people and an open sinner, we will never give our allegiances to the likes of him."

"Do you think that you can frighten me with death? Could a worse disaster happen to you than killing me? I do not know what to say to you. I can only address you as the brother of Al-Aws addressed his cousin when he met the latter as he was going to help the Apostle of God (Prophet Muhammad)."

"To what extent you can, avoid bad deeds, even if everybody takes you as the agent of bad deeds."

"Be aware that the most detested person in the presence of God, is the one who accepts an Imam as a leader, but doesn't follow him in action."

"Anybody who performs his necessary duties that God has obliged him perform, he himself will be one of the best worshippers of all."

"The dearest among you to God (the High), is the one whose deeds and behavior are better than others."

"(The position of) patience in faith is like that of the head in the body, and he who has no patience has no faith."

"I assure (you) before my Lord, that he who begs without neediness, will some day begs out of neediness."

"No day was more difficult for Allah’s Messenger than the Day (Battle) of Uhud in which his uncle Hamza, the lion of Allah and the lion of His Messenger, was killed, and after it was the Day of Mu'tah in which his cousin Ja'far ibn Abi Talib was killed." Then he (Zayn al-Abidin) said: "There was no day like the Day of Husayn, when thirty thousand men advanced against him (while) they claimed that they belonged to this community, and that they (wanted) to seek proximity to Allah, the Great and Almighty, through (shedding) his blood. He (al-Husayn) reminded them of Allah, but they did not learn (from him) till they killed him out of (their) oppression and aggression"."