| 1- Imam Reza (A. S.) ((Tohafol-Oghool, p. 467)) |
| Wisdom and intellect is every man's friend, ignorance and illiteracy, are his enemies. |
2- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) ((Ashshehab fel-Hekame-Val-Adab, p. 12)) |
| Wisdom and intellect are the first thing that God created. |
3- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Fehrest-e-Ghorar, p. 325)) |
| Robust and elegant stature for one who is empty of wisdom, is of no use. |
4- Imam Hassan Askari (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 1, p. 95)) |
| Beauty of the face is the outward charm of a human being, and the beauty of soul is his inner charm. |
5- Imam Mohammad Bagher (A.S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 164)) |
| Opposition of one's desires is the sign of the highest level of wisdom in a human being. |
6- Imam Mohammad Bagher (A.S.) ((Tohafol-Oghool, p. 165)) |
| There is no pain worse than ignorance and lack of intellegence. |
7- Imam Hossein (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 127)) |
| Wisdom of a human being will attain the highest level only by following the truth. |
8- Imam Musa Kazem (A. S.) ((Tohafol-Oghool, p. 419)) |
| The sleep of a wise man is far better than vigilance of a fool during the night. |
9- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 1, p. 132)) |
| A wise man will not he bitten twice by the same snake in a hole! |
10- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Nahjo1-Ba1aghe. Letter 31)) |
| Refrain from reliance on unrealistic hopes and wishes which are the capital of the ignorant and foolish people. |
11- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Fehrest-e-Ghorar, p 83)) |
| The most foolish person is one, who considers himself the wisest! |
12- Imam Musa Kazem (A. S.) ((Tohafol-Oghool, p. 419)) |
| Human being has not been given anything higher than wisdom and intellect. |
13- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.) ((AIfaghih, vol. 4, p. 394)) |
| The most knowledgeable person is one who runs away from ignorant people. |
14- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) ((Ashshehab fel-Hekame-Val-Adab, p. 57)) |
| Blessings of God in the hands of an ignorant person, is in fact fruitless! (ignorant does not appreciate blessings of God). |
15- Imam Reza(A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 355)) |
| Friendship with an ignorant person is always linked with suffering, and inconvenience. |
16- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Nahjo1-Ba1aghe. Sent 163)) |
| People consider the unknown as the enemy. |
17- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) ((Ashshehab fel-Hekame-Val-Adab, p. 8)) |
| The one who doesn't act with insight and conception, is as the one who goes on a roadless way. |
18- Imam Mohammad Bagher (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 165)) |
| Your knowledge and your self-consciousness, is the highest best stage of your recognition. |
19- Imam Hossein (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 128)) |
| Increase of experiences, increases the wisdom of mankind. |
20- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Nahjol-Balaghe, Sent. 67)) |
| An ignorant person always goes to extremes in his work! |
21- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Fehrest-e Ghorar, p. 102)) |
| The best reason for clearsighted vision, is the beauty of adequacy and providence. |
22- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) ((Ashshehab Fel-Hekame-Val-Adab, p. 9)) |
| A foolish man is one who follows his own sensuality and desires, while expects high rewards and such things! from God. |
23- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Fehrest-e-Ghorar, p. 189)) |
| When wise man gets old, his wisdom becomes young, but when the ignorant reaches old age, his ignorance blossoms. |
24- The Reverent Amnir (A. S.) ((Mavaez-e-Sadoogh, p. 72)) |
| Expriences teach the mankind new lessons, the wise man is the one who takes them advice and counsel. |
25- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.) ((Osool-e-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 11)) |
| Wisdom is that God be worshiped and paradise attained. |
26- Imam Mohammad Bagher (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 1, p. 1O6)) |
| God in (dooms day) will interrogate people according to the wisdom he has granted them. |
27- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Nahjol-Balaghe, Sent. 39)) |
| The Speech of a wise man is beyond his heart, and the heart of the foolishman is beyond his speech. |
28- Imam Reza (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 352)) |
| The most valuable stage of wisdom is the stage of self-consciousness. |
29- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Tohafol-Oghool, p. 198)) |
| There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness. |
30- Imam Hossein (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 119)) |
| Argument and debate with ignorant people is a sign of ignorance and unawareness of mankind. |
31- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 230)) |
| Three qualities are sign of ignorance: A) constant change of friends, B) break up without reason, and C) investigating something that does not concern him. |
32- The Honorable Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) ((Osool-e-Kafi, vol. 1, p. 27)) |
| We, the prophets of God, are ordered to speak with people, according to their apptitute. |
33- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Nahjol-Balaghe, Letter. 31)) |
| To keep one's distance from an ignorance person, has the same value as the company of a wise man! |
34- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Fehrest-e-Ghorar, p. 262)) |
| Wisdom and intellect are man's distinction, elegance and good moral characters his virtues. |
35- The Endeared Prophet of Islam (P.B.U.H.) ((Mostadrak, vol. 11, p. 2O7)) |
| Follow your intellect to attain a desired result, and don't repulseit or you will be sorry |
36- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Nahjo1-Balaghe, Sent. 413)) |
| It is suffices for your wisdom rate and intellectual growth, to clarify the direction of stray from right path. |
37- The Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Nahjol-Balaghe, Sent. 202)) |
| What a many intellects that are found captive and entangled against the order of sensual desires. |
38- Imam Jafar Sadegh (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 228)) |
| Sensual desires are awake in the people, but their wisdom is always asleep! |
39- Reverent Amir (A. S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 6)) |
| When wisdom reaches the acme of perfection it, will suppress the vicious instincts and injurious desires. |
40- The Reverent Amir (A.S.) ((Behar, vol. 78, p. 6)) |
| Associating with the wise and the knowledgeable people adds to the prestige of a person. |