--- title: "2 Carpe diem Quotes By Omar Khayyám" description: "2 Carpe diem quotes by Omar Khayyám. Plus more from Omar Khayyám and more Carpe diem sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/omar-khayy-m-1787_carpe-diem_your-hand-can-seize-today-but-not-tomorr_709269.jpg" --- > [“Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. Don’t waste this breath, if your heart isn’t crazy, since "the rest of your life" won’t last forever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/your-hand-can-seize-today-but-not-tomorrow-and-thoughts-of-your/) [Omar Khayyám](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30d/omar-khayy-m-1787_carpe-diem_your-hand-can-seize-today-but-not-tomorr_709269.jpg) > [“Then to this earthen Bowl did I adjourn My Lip the secret Well of Life to learn: And Lip to Lip it murmur'd--'While you live, Drink!--for once dead you never shall return.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/then-to-this-earthen-bowl-did-i-adjourn-my-lip-the-secret-well-of/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/omar-khayy-m-1787_carpe-diem_then-to-this-earthen-bowl-did-i-adjourn_2505007.jpg) ## Other authors on Carpe diem - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-horace-42297.jpg) Horace 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carpe-diem/horace/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-maraboli-87325.jpg) Steve Maraboli 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carpe-diem/steve-maraboli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-robin-williams-80466.jpg) Robin Williams 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carpe-diem/robin-williams/) - [Roman Payne 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carpe-diem/roman-payne/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-robert-breault-79554.jpg) Robert Breault 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carpe-diem/robert-breault/) ## More by Omar Khayyám > [“The secrets eternal neither you know nor I And answers to the riddle neither you know nor I Behind the veil there is much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/the-secrets-eternal-neither-you-know-nor-i-and-answers-to-the-riddle/) [Omar Khayyám](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [“And do you think that unto such as you A maggot-minded, starved, fanatic crew God gave a secret, and denied it me? Well, well—what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/and-do-you-think-that-unto-such-as-you-a-maggot-minded-starved/) [Omar Khayyâm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [How much more of the mosque, of prayer and fasting? Better go drunk and begging round the taverns. Khayyam, drink wine, for soon this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/how-much-more-of-the-mosque-of-prayer-and-fasting-better-go-drunk-and/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [“It is a shame for anyone to be well-known for righteousness. It is a great disgrace to feel distress at the injustice of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/it-is-a-shame-for-anyone-to-be-well-known-for-righteousness-it-is-a/) [Omar Khayyám](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [“Why do you sell your wine, merchant? What can they give you in exchange for your wine? Money? … And what can money give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/why-do-you-sell-your-wine-merchant-what-can-they-give-you-in-exchange/) [Omar Khayyám](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [“Why, if the Soul can fling the Dust aside, And naked on the Air of Heaven ride, Is it not a Shame--is it not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/why-if-the-soul-can-fling-the-dust-aside-and-naked-on-the-air-of/) [Omar Khayyám](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [Don't cry upon you losses Don't mesure today with tommorows Don't trust to passed and coming day Believe in now - and be happy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/don-t-cry-upon-you-losses-don-t-mesure-today-with-tommorows-don-t/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/in-monasteries-seminaries-retreats-and-synagogues-they-fear-hell-and/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/living-life-tomorrow-s-fate-though-thou-be-wise-thou-canst-not-tell/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [“When your soul and mine have left our bodies and we are burried alongside each other, a Potter may one day mould the dust…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/when-your-soul-and-mine-have-left-our-bodies-and-we-are-burried/) [Omar Khayyám](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [How sad, a heart that does not know how to love, that does not know what it is to be drunk with love. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/how-sad-a-heart-that-does-not-know-how-to-love-that-does-not-know/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [Ah, take the Cash, and let the Credit go, Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/ah-take-the-cash-and-let-the-credit-go-nor-heed-the-rumble-of-a/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [Tomorrow! - Why, tomorrow I may be Myself with yesterday's sev'n thousand years.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/tomorrow-why-tomorrow-i-may-be-myself-with-yesterday-s-sev-n-thousand/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/when-i-want-to-understand-what-is-happening-today-or-try-to-decide/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) > [“Today is the time of my youth I drink wine because it is my solace; Do not blame me, although it is bitter it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/omar-khayy-m/today-is-the-time-of-my-youth-i-drink-wine-because-it-is-my-solace-do/) [Omar Khayyam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/omar-khayy-m/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carpe-diem/omar-khayy-m/#itemlist", "name": "2 Carpe diem Quotes By Omar Khayyám", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. 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