Omar Khayyám Quotes

From the house of unbeliefto true religionis a single breath;From the world of doubtto certaintyis a...

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor WitShall lure it back to ...

My coming brought no profit to the sky,Nor does my going swell its glory;My two ears have never hear...

Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough,A Flask of Wine, a Book of Verse - and ThouBeside me sin...

It’s too bad if a heart lacks fire,and is deprived of the light of a heart ablaze.The day on which y...

Oh, come with old Khayyàm, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One th...

I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul...

How much more of the mosque, of prayer and fasting?Better go drunk and begging round the taverns.Kha...

Whether at Naishápúr or Babylon, Whether the Cup with sweet or bitter run, The Wine of Life keeps oo...

My tomb shall be in a spot where the north wind may scatter roses over it.

A book of verses underneath the boughA flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thouBeside me singing in t...

Where is an intimate friend who’ll hear the secret from me straight out– of what human beings ha...

As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you ...

In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who kno...

Your hand can seize today, but not tomorrow; and thoughts of your tomorrow are nothing but desire. D...

You’ve seen the world, and all you’ve seen is nothing; and everything, as well, that you have said a...

The mighty Mahmúd, Allah-breathing Lord,That all the misbelieving and black HordeOf Fears and Sorrow...

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:...

O friend, for the morrow let us not worryThis moment we have now, let us not hurryWhen our time come...

Every particle of dust on a patch of earthWas a sun-cheek or brow of the morning star;Shake the dust...

Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Par

The Wine of Life keeps oozing drop by drop, The Leaves of Life keep falling one by one.

Now the New Year reviving old Desires,The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires.

Were it not Folly, Spider-like to spinThe Thread of present Life away to win-What? for ourselves, wh...

Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flightThe Stars before him from the Field of Night,Drives Nigh...

It is a shame for anyoneto be well-known for righteousness.It is a great disgrace to feeldistress at...

The Worldly Hope men set their Hearts upon Turns Ashes - or it prospers; and anon, Like Snow upon th...

Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire.

A book of Verses underneath the Bough A Jug of Wine a Loaf of Bread - and Thou Beside me singing i...

The thoughtful Soul to Solitude retires.

Myself when young did eagerly frequent Doctor and Saint and heard great argument About it and about...

The Moving Finger writes and having writ Moves on nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back t...

I sent my Soul through the Invisible Some letter of that After-life to spell And by and by my Soul...

Tomorrow! - Why tomorrow I may be Myself with yesterday's sev'n thousand years.

The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel...

You know, my friends, with what a brave carouse I made a Second Marriage in my house; favored old ba...

Ah Love! could you and I with him conspire To grasp this sorry Scheme of Things entire Would we not ...

You know my friends with what a brave carouse I made a second marriage in my house Divorced old b...

The bird of time has but a little way To flutter - and the bird is on the wing.

There was the Door to which I found no key There was the Veil through which I might not see.

Dust into dust and under dust to lie Sans wine sans song sans singer and - sans end.

Strange - is it not? - that of the myriads who Before us passed the door of Darkness through Not on...

Yet Ah that Spring should vanish with the Rose. That Youth's sweetscented manuscript should close! ...

Ah take the cash and let the credit go.

And this I know whether the one True Light Kindle to Love or Wrath consume me quite One flash of ...

0 thou who didst with pitfall and with gin Beset the road I was to wander in Thou wilt not with pr...

All this of Pot and Potter - Tell me then Who is the Potter pray and who the Pot?

Ah take the Cash and let the Credit go Nor heed the rumble of a distant Drum!

Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life.

There was the door to which I found no key There was the veil through which 1 might not see.

I sometimes think that never blows so red The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled That every Hyac...

One thing is certain and the rest is lies The Flower that once has blown for ever dies.

And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die Lift not your ...

Ah love! could you and I with Him conspire To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire Would not we...

Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet.

Drink! for you know not whence you came nor why: Drink! for you know not why you go nor where.