62 quotes
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.
That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; and what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
The telling of a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
If thou covetest riches, ask not but for contentment, which is an immense treasure.
Gulistan (1258)
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
Who despises an insignificant enemy resembles him who is careless about fire.
Gulistan (1258)
Were the king at noonday to say, "This day is night," it would behoove us to reply, "Lo! there are the moon and seven stars!"
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
Gulistan (1258)
Science is for the cultivation of religion, not for worldly enjoyments.
Gulistan (1258)
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
I fear God, and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears him not.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the sacred scripture once the soul has learnt to read.
The rose and thorn, the treasure and dragon, joy and sorrow, all mingle into one.
He who learns the rules of wisdom without conforming to them in his life is like a man who ploughs in his field but does not sow.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it. — Men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
He only has drunk the pure wine of unity who has forgotten, by remembering God, all else in both worlds.
Pebbles, Pearls and Gems of the Orient (1882)
Capacity without education is deplorable, and education without capacity is thrown away.
A Dictionary of Thoughts (1891)
He—in whose nature, is the ugly disposition
Sees not the peacock,—only his ugly foot.
Bustan (1257)