ما يَزيدُ العَقلَ That Which Increases the Intellect

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]