Khayyam Quotes

“Forget your voice, sing!
Forget your feet, dance!
Forget your life, live!
Forget yourself and be!”
― Kamand Kojouri

“هر یک چندی یکی بر آید که: منم! با نعمت و با سیم و زر آید که: منم!
چون کارَک او نظام گیرد روزی، ناگه، اجل از کمین در آید که: منم!”
― Omar Khayyám, رباعيات خيام

“I despise the zeal of the devout, but I have never said that the One is two.
I am not one of those for whom faith is simply fear of judgement. How do I pray? I study a rose, I count the stars, I marvel at the beauty of the creation and how perfectly ordered it is, at man, the most beautiful work of the Creator, his brain thirsting for knowledge, his heart for love, and his senses, all his senses alert or gratified.”
― Amin Maalouf

“Continuously, in commemoration of the Friend
We drank wine, even before the creation of the vine.”
― Idries Shah, Sufi Thought and Action: An Anthology of Important Papers

“Ne laisse point le chagrin s'emparer de toi ;
Ni ennui et tristesse assombrir tes jours.
N'abandonne ni le livre, ni le bord du ruisseau, ni la lisière du champ,
Avant que la terre ne te prenne dans son sein.”
― Omar Khayyám, رباعيات خيام

“And out my cup,
life keeps pouring out, it never stops —
Like the autumn leaves;
breath by breath, they're falling off.”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19

“And, it’s crazy how a golden stone, God’s own honeycomb,
flung above, sprung of love
has put the stars at ease —
The truth's revealed!”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19

“A book of verses, a jug of wine, a loaf of bread, now that’s divine.
The Rubaiyat, no longer an afterthought, I see the light!”
― Soroosh Shahrivar, Letter 19