--- title: "1 Humility Love Quotes By Attar of Nishapur" description: "1 Humility Love quotes by Attar of Nishapur. Plus more from Attar of Nishapur and more Humility Love sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/attar-of-nishapur-51221_adventure_the-hoopoe-said-your-heart-s-congealed-l_2136199.jpg" --- > [“The hoopoe said: 'Your heart's congealed like ice; When will you free yourself from cowardice? Since you have such a short time to live here, What difference does it make? What should you fear? The world is filth and sin,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/attar-of-nishapur/the-hoopoe-said-your-heart-s-congealed-like-ice-when-will-you-free/) [Attar of Nishapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/attar-of-nishapur/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/attar-of-nishapur-51221_adventure_the-hoopoe-said-your-heart-s-congealed-l_2136199.jpg) ## More by Attar of Nishapur > [“Had I known how listening is superior to speaking, I would not have wasted my life preaching.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/attar-of-nishapur/had-i-known-how-listening-is-superior-to-speaking-i-would-not-have/) [Attar of Nishapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/attar-of-nishapur/) > [“A KING WHO PLACED MIRRORS IN HIS PALACE There lived a king; his comeliness was such The world could not acclaim his charm too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/attar-of-nishapur/a-king-who-placed-mirrors-in-his-palace-there-lived-a-king-his/) [Attar of Nishapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/attar-of-nishapur/) > [“When they had understood the hoopoe's words, A clamour of complaint rose from the birds: 'Although we recognize you as our guide, You must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/attar-of-nishapur/when-they-had-understood-the-hoopoe-s-words-a-clamour-of-complaint/) [Attar of Nishapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/attar-of-nishapur/) > [“The hoopoe said: 'Your heart's congealed like ice; When will you free yourself from cowardice? Since you have such a short time to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/attar-of-nishapur/the-hoopoe-said-your-heart-s-congealed-like-ice-when-will-you-free/) [Attar of Nishapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/attar-of-nishapur/) > [“If you will but aspire You will attain to all that you desire. Before an atom of such need the Sun Seems dim and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/attar-of-nishapur/if-you-will-but-aspire-you-will-attain-to-all-that-you-desire-before/) [Attar of Nishapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/attar-of-nishapur/) > [“Whatever you imagine you must have lasts but for a moment. A hundred such worlds and kingdoms, are worth less than a half a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/attar-of-nishapur/whatever-you-imagine-you-must-have-lasts-but-for-a-moment-a-hundred/) [Attar of Nishapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/attar-of-nishapur/) > [“The people of this world are like the three butterflies in front of a candle's flame. The first one went closer and said: I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/attar-of-nishapur/the-people-of-this-world-are-like-the-three-butterflies-in-front-of-a/) [Attar of Nishapur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/attar-of-nishapur/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/humility-love/attar-of-nishapur/#itemlist", "name": "1 Humility Love Quotes By Attar of Nishapur", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The hoopoe said: 'Your heart's congealed like ice; When will you free yourself from cowardice? Since you have such a short time to live here, What difference does it make? What should you fear? The world is filth and sin, and homeless men Must enter it and homeless leave again. They die, as worms, in squalid pain; if we Must perish in this quest, that, certainly, Is better than a life of filth and grief. If this great search is vain, if my belief Is groundless, it is right that I should die. So many errors throng the world - then why Should we not risk this quest? To suffer blame For love is better than a life of shame. No one has reached this goal, so why appeal To those whose blindness claims it is unreal? I'd rather die deceived by dreams than give My heart to home and trade and never live. We've been and heard so much - what have we learned? Not for one moment has the self been spurned; Fools gather round and hinder our release. When will their stale, insistent whining cease? We have no freedom to achieve our goal Until from Self and fools we free the soul. To be admitted past the veil you must Be dead to all the crowd considers just. Once past the veil you understand the Way From which the crowd's glib courtiers blindly stray. If you have any will, leave women's stories, And even if this search for hidden glories Proves blasphemy at last, be sure our quest Is not mere talk but an exacting test. The fruit of love's great tree is poverty; Whoever knows this knows humility. When love has pitched his tent in someone's breast, That man despairs of life and knows no rest. Love's pain will murder him and blandly ask A surgeon's fee for managing the task - The water that he drinks brings pain, his bread Is turned to blood immediately shed; Though he is weak, faint, feebler than an ant, Love forces him to be her combatant; He cannot take one mouthful unaware That he is floundering in a sea of care.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Attar of Nishapur" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/attar-of-nishapur/the-hoopoe-said-your-heart-s-congealed-like-ice-when-will-you-free/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/attar-of-nishapur-51221_adventure_the-hoopoe-said-your-heart-s-congealed-l_2136199.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/attar-of-nishapur-51221_adventure_the-hoopoe-said-your-heart-s-congealed-l_2136199.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/attar-of-nishapur-51221_adventure_the-hoopoe-said-your-heart-s-congealed-l_2136199.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The hoopoe said: 'Your heart's congealed like ice; When will you free yourself from cowardice? 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