59ـ الإمامُ عليٌّ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ذَهابُ العَقلِ بَينَ الهَوى والشَّهوَةِ . |
59– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The intellect disappears between the whims and the carnal desires.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5180] |
60ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ضَياعُ العُقولِ في طَلَبِ الفُضولِ . |
60– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘The loss of the intellect occurs in the quest for all that is superfluous.’[Ghurar al-Hikam, no. 5901] |
61ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): إعجابُ المَرءِ بِنَفسِهِ دَليلٌ عَلى ضَعفِ عَقلِهِ. |
61– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Man’ s admiration and satisfaction with himself is a proof of his weak intellect.’[Kanz al-Fawa’ id li al-Karajiki, v. 1, p. 200] |
62ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن صَحِبَ جاهِلاً نَقَصَ مِن عَقلِهِ. |
62– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whoever keeps the company of an ignorant man incurs a loss in his intellect.’[Kanz al-Fawa’ id li al-Karajiki, v. 1, p. 199] |
63ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما مَزَحَ امرُؤٌ مَزحَةً إلّا مَجَّ مِنَ عَقلِه مَجَّةً. |
63– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘Whenever a man cracks a joke, a part of his intellect trickles away.’[Nahj al-Balagha, Saying 450] |
64ـ الإمامُ عليٌ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): مَن تَرَكَ الاستِماعَ مِن ذَوي العُقولِ ماتَ عَقلُهُ. |
64– Imam Ali (AS) said, ‘He who abandons listening to intellectual people, his own intellect dies.’[Kanz al-Fawa’ id li al-Karajiki, v. 1, p. 199] |
65ـ الإمامُ الباقرُ (عَلَيهِ الّسَلامُ): ما دَخَلَ قَلبَ امرِئٍ شَيءٌ مِنَ الكِبرِ إلّا نَقَصَ مِن عَقلِهِ . |
65– Imam al-Baqir (AS) said, ‘No sooner does an iota of pride enter a man’ s heart than he incurs a loss in his intellect.’[Bihar al-Anwar, v. 768, p. 186, no. 16] |