77 quotes found
“When sense has left a head, it should be called a tail.”
“No effort makes a black crow into a white hawk.”
“Pick up a bee from kindness, and learn the limitations of kindness.”
“The sort of man who, throwing a stone upon the ground, would miss.”
“Much smoke has been seen, and caused great fear of fire — even when no fire ensued.”
“Man has less than he suspects of: Time, Friends, Hopes, Qualities.Proverb”
“A stolen kiss is not easily returned.”
“You will never reach Mecca, I fear: for you are on the road to Turkestan.”
“Take the straight path, even if it is long: marry no widow, even if she is a houri.”
“What goes into a salt-mine becomes salt.”
“No colour comes after black.”
“Learning without action is like wax without honey.(Anwar-i-Suhaili)”
“THE HEAVENSTo the mallet of the Highest MindThe heavens are the smallest possible ball.(Akhlaq-i-Mohsini)”
“Whoever has taught me one letter has made me his slave.”
“Rust through washing never became white.”
“If you have two shirts, sell one and with the money buy a flower’.”
“One lie will keep out forty truths.”
