Ali al-Rida

"The rank of the eldest brother is like that of father."

"Every curiosity is in need of the curiosity of speech."

"Time will come when one's safety lies in ten things: nine of which are in staying aloof from men, and the tenth in staying silent."

"The best wealth is the one by which the honour of man is protected."

"The miserly one is never restful; the envious is never pleased; the grumbler is never loyal; the liar has no conscience."

"A trustworthy person does not betray you, but you consider the betrayer to be trustworthy."

"The most valuable stage of wisdom is the stage of self-consciousness."

"Wisdom and intellect is every man's friend, ignorance and illiteracy are his enemies."

"Everyone's friend is his reason; his enemy is his ignorance."

"Knowledge and science are the coffers and caches to the treasures of Perfection; and the only access to them is to ask and question."

"Silence is a door among the doors of wisdom - indeed, silence begets and attracts love, it is the proof of all the beneficiences."

"Some signs of understanding are: clemency, knowledge, and silence. Silence is one of the doors to wisdom. It brings about love and is evidence for all good."

"Silence is one of the gates to wisdom."

"For the Devil, the presence of learned one is by far more painful than a thousand worshipers."

"A Muslim will never get tired and bored of educating himself throughout his life."

"One who offers (suggests) what he doesn't know, will be under the curse of the angels of the heavens and the earth."

"Assisting the weak is better for you than your act of charity."

"The worst of men is he who stops his contributions to charity, eats by himself, and whips his slave."

"Worship is not the abundance of prayer and fasting; rather it is the abundance of reflecting on the affairs of God, the Great and Almighty."

"Man is not worshipful unless he is clement."

"He who reckons his own soul is successful; he who is heedless of it is unsuccessful."

"Reason is a free gift from God and politeness is acquisition. He who undertakes politeness has power over it. He who undertakes reason increases (himself) through that nothing but ignorance."

"He who takes himself to account gets benefitted, and the one who gets negligent and careless about himself bears loss. The one who fears (Allah) becomes peaceful, and the one who takes lesson becomes most clear sighted and discerning. He who becomes most clear sighted, understands; and he who understands and comprehends becomes knowledgeable and informed."

"The one for whom the day of ‘Āshūrā is a day of tragedy, grief and weeping, Allah The Mighty, The Glorious, shall make the Day of Judgment, a day of joy and happiness for him."