The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Observation
Let him who neglects to raise the fallen, fear lest, when he falls, no one will stretch out his hand to lift him up.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Charity
He who is a slave to his belly seldom worships God.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Caution
An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Food, Eating
The greedy man is incontinent with a whole world set before him.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Gratitude, Appreciation, Blessings
Deep in the sea are riches beyond compare. But if you seek safety, it is on the shore.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
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.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Charity
Were the diver to think on the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Fear, Anxiety
That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; and what is allotted you will find wherever you may be.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Destiny
I fear God, and next to God I chiefly fear him who fears him not.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: God
A wise man in the company of those who are ignorant, has been compared to a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Ignorance
God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Sleep
Nothing is so good for an ignorant man as silence; and if he was sensible of this he would not be ignorant.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Silence, Ignorance
To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Action, Prayer, Service
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.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Fortune
The beloved of the Almighty are the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Blessings, Humility
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Wealth, Beauty
When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: The Body, Spirit, Spirituality
People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Confidence, Reality, Opportunities
He places a seed in the dust for the reason That it may in the day of distress, give fruit.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Knowledge, Gardening
The telling of a falsehood is like the cut of a sabre; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Enemies
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Ingratitude
Were the king at noonday to say, “This day is night,” it would behoove us to reply, “Lo! there are the moon and seven stars!”
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
A garden is a delight to the eye and a solace for the soul.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Gardening
He who is intoxicated with wine will be sober again in the course of the night, but he who is intoxicated by the cup bearer will not recover his senses until the day of judgment.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Love
Pride thyself on what virtue thou hast, and not on thy parentage.
—Sa’Di (Musharrif Od-Din Muslih Od-Din)
Topics: Pride
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