A Pearl of Wisdom from ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib

ʿAlī b. Abī Ṭālib would say:

الْعِلْمُ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الْمَالِ؛ الْعِلْمُ يَحْرُسُكَ وَأَنْتَ تَحْرُسُ الْمَالَ

“Knowledge is better than wealth. Knowledge safeguards you whilst you have to guard wealth.”

(al-Mukhtār min Kalām al-Akhyār, 42)