Saadi Quotes

You may be able to get the bone down your throat But if it reaches your stomach it will tear your navel.(Gulistan)

A loan is the scissors of friendship.A man's own tongue may cut his throat.The cage has no value without the bird.

Generosity is also marked by doing what one says one will do. Saadi teaches: ‘when the generous promise, they perform

Q: How can I help myself?A: By remembering the proverb: ‘The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service’, from Saadi.

If you will not reprove yourself,’ Saadi says, ‘you will not welcome reproof from another.

The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service

Poor greedy one, wherever he runs He's after food, and death is after him.(Saadi)

The door of illumination is open to those for whom other doors are closed.

Saadi: Be a true renouncer, (zahid) and [you can even] ware satin.

Almost every day I am reminded of Saadi's reflection that there is no senseless tyranny like that of subordinates.

Saadi’s dictum, in the Bostan: ‘The Path is not in the rosary, the prayer-mat and the robe

Forget your voice, sing!Forget your feet, dance!Forget your life, live!Forget yourself and be!

Fettered feet in the presence of friends is better than living in a garden with strangers.