Saadi Quotes - Page 3

A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.

Every person thinks his own intellect perfect, and his own child handsome.

Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.

Keep belly lightly loaded, if mind would wisdom see;For bodies crammed to bursting, make empty souls to be.

Do good even to the wicked; it is as well to shut a dog's mouth with a crumb.

The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.

Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.

Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.

God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.

O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.

Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.

Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.

To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.

When a man appreciates only eating and sleeping, what excellence has he over the reptiles?

The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.

Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.

The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.

Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.

All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.

Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate and who is unfortunate?" He replied: "He was fortunate who ate and sowed, and he was unfortunate who died without having enjoyed.

Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.

Take care how you listen to the voice of the flatterer, who, in return for his little stock, expects to derive from you considerable advantage. If one day you do not comply with his wishes, be imputes to you two hundred defects instead of perfections.

The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others, You are unworthy to be called by the name of a human.