An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.
SAADIHave patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
More Saadi Quotes
-
-
The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.
SAADI -
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.
SAADI -
O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
SAADI -
A peace-mingling falsehood is preferable to a mischief-stirring truth.
SAADI -
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
SAADI -
Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.
SAADI -
Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
SAADI -
Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul. If one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain. If you have no sympathy for human pain, The name of human you cannot retain.
SAADI -
A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane.
SAADI -
However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.
SAADI -
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
SAADI -
To pardon the oppressor is to deal harshly with the oppressed.
SAADI -
Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.
SAADI -
Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.
SAADI -
A friend whom you have been gaining during your whole life, you ought not to be displeased with in a moment. A stone is many years becoming a ruby – take care that you do not destroy it in an instant against another stone.
SAADI