Persia Quotes

21 quotes by 21 authors

By Mamun's time medical schools were extremely active in Baghdad. The first free public hospital was opened in Baghdad during the Caliphate of Haroon-ar-Rashid. As… — John Bagot Glubb
If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for, but the methods… — Hans Bethe
The life of Islamic philosophy did not terminate with Ibn Rushd nearly eight hundred years ago, as thought by Western scholarship for several centuries. Rather,… — Seyyed Hossein Nasr
In the year 1090, there was founded in Persia the religious and military order of the Assassins, whose history is one of cruelty, barbarity, and… — Harry J. Anslinger
The Gospel having spread itself into Persia, the pagan priests, who worshipped the sun, were greatly alarmed, and dreaded the loss of that influence they… — John Foxe
I sometimes think that the most plaintive ditty has brought a fuller joy and of longer duration to its composer that the conquest of Persia… — Walter Savage Landor
Although when Christianity appeared the total population of the planet was only a fraction of that of the twentieth century, most of the earth's surface… — Kenneth Scott Latourette
IN PERSIA I SAW that poetry is meant to be set to music & chanted or sung--for one reason alone--because it works.A right combination of… — Hakim
I would rather discover one true cause than gain the kingdom of Persia. — Democritus
Urdu can not die out because it has very strong roots in Persia. The language itself is not only just the language of the Muslims,… — Ismail Merchant
One of my fantasies in my life has been that I was granted access with a camera to go back in time, and to film… — Oliver Stone
That a thing made by hand, the work and thought of a single craftsman, can endure much longer than its maker, through centuries in fact,… — Susan Vreeland
While Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance… — Plutarch
If he were allowed contact with foreigners he would discover that they are creatures similar to himself and that most of what he has been… — George Orwell
In my own creations, the earliest influence came from the ancient civilisations of Egypt, China, Africa and Persia. In fact, one of my earlier creations… — Mary McFadden
What has history said of eminence without honor, wealth without wisdom, power and possessions without principle? The answer is reiterated in the overthrow of the… — Orson F. Whitney
Persia is 7,000 years old and will fight to survive. — Richard Engel
To see the Persia of poets and painters, hiding in plain sight behind the much-maligned Iran of our newspaper headlines, would be my fondest wish. — Pico Iyer
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of… — Bible
I caught the happiness virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. Hafiz of Persia — Hafiz Of Persia

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