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.
SAADIOh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!
More Saadi Quotes
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The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
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Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.
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Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.
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O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.
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The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
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The stranger has no friend, unless it be a stranger.
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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.
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I have never seen a man lost who was on a straight path.
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Virtue pardons the wicked, as the sandal-tree perfumes the axe which strikes it.
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It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
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There is a difference between him who claspeth his mistress in his arms, and him whose eyes are fixed on the door expecting her.
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Man is, beyond dispute, the most excellent of created beings, and the vilest animal is a dog; but the sages agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
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Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
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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.
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