Alone with the Alone

Quote No. 6 from Ali Ibn Abi Talib

On Action and Courage

الظفرُ بالحزمِ، والحزمُ بإجالةِ الرأيِ، والرأيُ بتحصينِ الأسرار.

Victory comes through resolve, resolve through deliberation, and sound deliberation through guarding one’s secrets.

No. 6

These quotes come from Alone with the Alone, a 264-page bilingual hardcover of 113 quotes from Ali Ibn Abi Talib, with footnotes and an afterword.

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