Saadi

Who was Saadi?

Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, Saadi Shirazi better known by his pen-name as Saʿdī or simply Saadi, was one of the major Persian poets of the medieval period. He is not only famous in Persian-speaking countries, but has also been quoted in western sources. He is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts. Saadi is widely recognized as one of the greatest masters of the classical literary tradition.

Famous Quotes:

• How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.
• When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.
• The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together.
• A little and a little, collected together, becomes a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and drop and drop make the inundation.
• Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
• Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.
• A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.
• He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God.
• The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich.
• I fear God and next to God I mostly fear them that fear him not.