Quotes from Saib Tabrizi

The wave is ignorant of the true nature of the sea: how can the temporal comprehend the eternal?

The march of good fortune has backward slips: to retreat one or two paces gives wings to the jumper.

The life of this transitory world is the expectation of death: to renounce life is to escape from the expectation of annihilation.

When a man becomes old, his greed becomes young: sleep grows heavy at the time of morning.

The roots of the aged palm tree exceed those of the young one; the old have a greater attachment to the world.

Seek for the truth from the heart which is empty of thought.

Ten doors are opened if one door be shut: the finger is the interpreter of the dumb man's tongue.

To the seeker after pearls, silence is a speaking argument, for no breath comes forth from the diver of the sea.

To quit this troubled world is better than to enter it: the rosebud enters the garden with straitened heart and departs smiling.

The touchstone of false friends is the day of need: by way of proof, ask a loan from your friends.