Quote

Better is the sinner who hath thoughts about God, than the saint who hath only the show of sanctity.

Saadi

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Saadi
Poet
Writer
Shiraz city
Saadi Shirazi
Better
Sanctity
Hath
Sinner
Saint
Thoughts
Show
Shows

More quotes by Saadi

Image
A handsome woman is a jewel a good woman is a treasure.
Saadi
Image
Liberty is of more value than any gifts and to receive gifts is to lose it. Be assured that men most commonly seek to oblige thee only that they may engage thee to serve them.
Saadi
Image
To use the hands in making quicklime into mortar is better than to cross them on the breast in attendance on a prince.
Saadi
Image
I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don't fear Him.
Saadi
Image
Religion is only in the service of the people it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.
Saadi
Image
Poverty snatches the reins out of the hand of piety.
Saadi
Image
It is better to break off a thousand friendships, than to endure the sight of a single enemy.
Saadi
Image
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.
Saadi
Image
Whoever gives advice to a heedless man is himself in need of advice.
Saadi
Image
A little beauty is preferable to much wealth.
Saadi
Image
To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.
Saadi
Image
He will deal harshly by a stranger who has not been himself often a traveller or stranger.
Saadi
Image
No person learned the art of archery from me, who did not in the end make me his target.
Saadi
Image
The true disciple should aim to live for the gospel, rather than to die for it.
Saadi
Image
A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.
Saadi
Image
The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.
Saadi
Image
God gives sleep to the bad, in order that the good may be undisturbed.
Saadi
Image
The bird alighteth not on the spread net when it beholds another bird in the snare. Take warning by the misfortunes of others, that others may not take example from you.
Saadi
Image
Avoid that which an enemy tells you to do for if you follow his advice, you will smite your, knees with the hand of sorrow. If he shows you a road straight as an arrow, turn from it and go the other way.
Saadi
Image
A tree, freshly rooted, may be pulled up by one man on his own. Give it time, and it will not be moved, even with a crane
Saadi