A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses.

Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.

This too shall pass away into the great silence.

Neither the glory of the emperor nor the sorrow of the beggar will endure.

He who desires to pluck the rose must learn to honor the thorn.

A guest is an angel sent directly from God.

Do good and cast it into the rushing river; even if the fish does not know, God knows.

The tongue of the heart speaks without alphabet, and is understood by every soul.

Better a wise and honorable enemy than an ignorant and foolish friend.

The mirror does not flatter the emperor; it reflects only the unvarnished face.

Every tear that falls with sincerity washes the eye for a clearer vision of truth.

The sky is the same azure blue wherever your feet may wander.

A single candle loses none of its brilliance by kindling the flame of another.

He who sows the seeds of thorns in the spring must not expect to harvest grapes in autumn.

The heart that forgives is a fragrant garden of blooming jasmine.

Speak only when your words possess greater beauty than silence.

The camel carried all the heavy sacks of sugar, but the horse pranced ahead and received all the applause.

The sun never boasts of its radiant warmth; it simply shines and warms the world.

Doubt is the sacred key to the portal of genuine knowledge; he who doubts nothing examines nothing.

An open hand can receive gifts, but a tightly clenched fist can hold onto nothing new.

A single stone in the wall of the caravanserai is neither king nor slave, yet without it, the roof collapses.

Greed is a bottomless well that all the gold of Persia cannot fill.

He who cannot dance says the Persian carpet is uneven.

One single heartfelt sigh from an oppressed soul can shake the foundations of heaven.

Listen to the night wind across the dunes; it carries the secrets of those who crossed before you.

Walk with the wise in the garden of discernment, and you will become wise without noticing.

Water poured into an upside-down clay jug simply runs off the bottom and moistens the dust.

When fortune turns its face away, even the softest silk can slice your fingers like a razor.

The road of life is paved with cobblestones of patience, each one laid with prayer.

A drop of pure ink from a righteous pen can make a million minds contemplate eternity.

The fruit falls not far from the parent tree; cultivate your own soil if you wish your children to flourish.

A blind person who sees their own fault is far wiser than a king who sees only his golden crowns.

Look at the character of the mother before you propose marriage to the daughter.

Silence is the sacred sanctuary of the soul; speech is the noisy marketplace of human opinion.

The bird that perches on a branch is never terrified of the twig snapping beneath it, for its trust is not in the wood, but in its own wings.

The wound is the place where the light enters you.

What you seek is seeking you.

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.

Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

You cannot find peace by avoiding life.

One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

Out of your vulnerabilities will come your strength.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.