Well, this is my first post here, and I am still trying to catch on to all ths blog stuff, so I figured I’ll put up some wise sayings I came across from one of my favorite books, The Rose Garden, by Sa’di. I was recommended this book in high school and I plan on reading and re-reading it for the rest of my life.=)

Anyway, the book is a culmination of short stories with little prose/poetry inserted in almost each story. Some of the prose struck me, either in the way they sound or what they mean. Please keep in mind, they don’t necessarily make sense unless you read the story they are from and my current feelings are not associated with the passages, I just liked and appreciated them for their beauty and complexity.So enjoy reading these on a boring day or if you are reading this because you want to avoid your homework or if you like this stuff!

The door is locked to the access of people
That they may not spread out my faults.
What profiteth a closed door; the Omniscient
Knows what I conceal, or reveal.

When a worshipper calls upon his God,
He must know no one besides God.

The rust which has eaten into the iron
Cannot be removed by polishing.
Of what use is preaching to a black heart;
An iron nail cannot be driven into a rock.

***O thou who desirest to reach the station.
Take my advice and learn patience:
An Arab horse gallops twice in a race,
A camel ambles gently night and day.***

If I die not of grief on the day of separation
Reckon me not faithful in friendship.

Prepare to speak only when
Thy words are likely to have effect.
Speech is a perfection in the soul of man
But do not ruin thyself by speaking.

Fate will not change by a thousand laments and sighs,
By thanks or complaints, issuing from the mouth.
The angel appointed over the treasures of wind,
Cares not if the lamp of a widow dies.

*The hope for recovery is according to reason,
That he should feel thy pulse who knows thy nature.
Ask what thou knowest not; for the trouble of asking
Will indicate to thee the way to the dignity of knowledge.*

I HAVE to add more later, but my mom is yelling at me to go to bed. =) Inshallah, I’ll update this when I again, procrastinate to do my homework. (Which will probably be very soon….)