Zoroastrian and Islamic philosophical traditions of Persia.
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.
— Omar Khayyam
"Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life."
That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence.
— Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
"That whose existence is necessary must necessarily be one essence."
Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolishness.
— Al-Ghazali
"Knowledge without action is wastefulness and action without knowledge is foolish..."
Width of knowledge is more important than depth of knowledge.
"Width of knowledge is more important than depth of knowledge."
"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."
Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Tod…
— Rumi
"Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I a..."
The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion a…
"The world is divided into men who have wit and no religion and men who have reli..."
The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is …
"The knowledge of anything, since all things have causes, is not acquired or comp..."
The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on.
"The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on."
To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate.
"To get what you love, you must first be patient with what you hate."
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