Saadi Quote by Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

“Si no te reprochas a ti mismo”, dice Saadi, “no aceptarás el reproche ajeno.”

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

“Opportunity's precious, and time is a sword.”

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

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

— Idries Shah

“Saadi, what do you think you're doing?" I demanded. "Well I thought I was helping you. As it turns out, I'm bleeding.”

— Cayla Kluver

“The king who deals harshly with merchants who come from afar closes the door of well-being upon the whole of his subjects. When do…

— Saadi

“Though a man be wise and intelligent, he is a fool in the eyes of the ignorant.”

— Saadi

“He took another steps backward, right into the horse of the Cokyrian soldier we had avoided earlier, bouncing off to land gracelessly upon the…

— Cayla Kluver