Saadi Shirazi

“If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.”

“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

“A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.”

“Whatever is produced in haste is likely to be defective.”

“The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, having been created of one essence.”

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

“Human beings are members of a whole, In creation of one essence and soul.”

“If of one member is afflicted with pain, Other members uneasy will remain.”

“The best-loved of men is he who does the most good to his fellow men.”

“An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.”

“The ignorant man is an enemy to himself; how can he be a friend to anyone else?”

“A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal.”

“Silence is the best reply to a fool.”

“Reveal not every secret you have to a friend, for how can you tell but that friend may hereafter become an enemy.”

“A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes.”

“The jewel of the sky is the sun, the jewel of the house is the child.”

“To tell a falsehood is like the cut of a saber; for though the wound may heal, the scar of it will remain.”

“A man who has not seen the world is a frog in a well.”

“Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

“A wise man is he who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”