Quotes from Saadi

The rich man is everywhere expected and at home.

In the faculty of speech man excels the brute; but if thou utterest what is improper, the brute is they superior.

Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.

Have patience. Everything is difficult before it is easy.

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

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.

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

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.

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.

When the ruler is obedient to God, God is his protector and friend.

Be generous, and pleasant-tempered, and forgiving; even as God scatter favors over thee, do thou scatter over the people.

Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good!

Fear not the proud and the haughty; fear rather him who fears God.

A handsome woman is a jewel; a good woman is a treasure.

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.

Court the society of a superior, and make much of the opportunity; for in the company of an equal thy good fortune must decline.

Independence is of more value than any gifts; and to receive gifts is to lose it.

Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs.

Oh God, I say not hear my prayers! I say: Blot with forgiving pen my sins away!

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.

Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.

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

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.

Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.