Omar Khayyám

“we come into this world in the waters and leave it in the winds”

— Omar Khayyám

Fools, your reward is neither here nor there.

— Omar Khayyam

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

— Omar Khayyam

“The leaves of life are falling one by one”

— Omar Khayyam

“The lower the soul of a person, the higher the nose up. He stretches his nose to where the soul has not…

— Omar Khayyám

The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line…

— Omar Khayyam

Here's to the man Who owns the land That bears the grapes That makes the wine That tastes as good As this…

— Omar Khayyam

“When Allah created me, he knew that I would drink a lot of wine. So if I didn't, the omniscience of Allah…

— Omar Khayyám

Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.

— Omar Khayyam

“Close your Koran. Think in freedom and look with open mind at Heaven and Earth. Forgive everyone his sins. Don't cause anyone…

— Omar Khayyám

The entire world shall be populous with that action which saves one soul from despair.

— Omar Khayyam

Thy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul.

— Omar Khayyam

“Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Doorways are alternate Night and Day, How Sultan after Sultan with his Pomp Abode his Hour…

— Omar Khayyám

“O friend, for the morrow let us not worry This moment we have now, let us not hurry When our time comes,…

— Omar Khayyám

You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old barren reason from…

— Omar Khayyam

“I hide my distress, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die. Wine! Wine, roses, music and…

— Omar Khayyám

“Of threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain—This Life flies; One thing is certain and the…

— Omar Khayyám

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep The Courts where Jamshýd gloried and drank deep: And Bahrám, that great Hunter--the Wild…

— Omar Khayyam

Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and…

— Omar Khayyam

“To all of us the thought of heaven is dear --- Why not be sure of it and make it here? No…

— Omar Khayyám

“The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line,…

— Omar Khayyam

Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit.

— Omar Khayyam

There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.

— Omar Khayyam

My friend, let's not think of tomorrow, but let's enjoy this fleeting moment of life.

— Omar Khayyam

Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

— Omar Khayyam

The Stars are setting and the Caravan Starts for the Dawn of Nothing-Oh, make haste!

— Omar Khayyam

Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!

— Omar Khayyam

“Beyond the earth, beyond the farthest skies I try to find Heaven and Hell. Then I hear a solemn voice that says:…

— Omar Khayyám

“TO-DAY of past Regrets and future Fears- To-morrow?—Why, To-morrow I may be Myself with Yesterday's Sev'n Thousand Years.”

— Omar Khayyám

“The moving hand once having writ moves on. Nor all thy piety nor wit can lure it back to cancel half a…

— Omar Khayyám

“When you have planted the rose of Love into your heart your life has not been in vain.”

— Omar Khayyám

Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

— Omar Khayyam

Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.

— Omar Khayyam

“Drunk am I with very love and awe; 'Twas ever thus with veritable seers-- Too drunk with joy to tell us what…

— Omar Khayyám

I hide my grief, just like the blessed birds hide themselves when they are preparing to die, my love.

— Omar Khayyam

Alas, that Spring should vanish with the Rose! That Youths sweet-scented Manuscript should close!

— Omar Khayyam

When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.

— Omar Khayyam

“A piece of bread, some fresh water, the shadow of a tree and your eyes, my beloved. No sultan is happier than…

— Omar Khayyám

Heaven but the vision of fulfilled desire, and Hell the shadow from a soul on fire.

— Omar Khayyam

I wonder what the vintners buy one half so precious as the stuff they sell.

— Omar Khayyam