Top 160 Saadi Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy.”

— Saadi

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2. “How do I get to Carnegie Hall? Practice. Practice. Practice.”

— Saadi

3. “All human beings are limbs of the same body. God created them from the same essence. If one part of the body suffers pain, then the whole body is affected. If you are indifferent to this pain, you cannot be called a human being.”

— Saadi

4. “You, who feel no pain at the suffering of others, it is not fitting for you to be called human.”

— Saadi

5. “If a gem falls into mud it is still valuable. If dust ascends to heaven, it remains valueless.”

— Saadi

6. “Ants, fighting together, will vanquish the lion.”

— Saadi

7. “I fear God the most, but after Him, I fear those who don’t fear Him.”

— Saadi

8. “Patience accomplishes its object, while hurry speeds to its ruin.”

— Saadi

9. “A grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man.”

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10. “The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others, You are unworthy to be called by the name of a human.”

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11. “The remedy against want is to moderate your desires.”

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12. “Religion is only in the service of the people; it is not in the rosary and the prayer-carpet.”

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13. “Every leaf of the tree becomes a page of the book, once the heart is opened and it has learnt to read.”

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14. “The sons of Adam are formed from dust; if not humble as the dust, they fall short of being men.”

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15. “Forgiveness is commendable, but apply not ointment to the wound of an oppressor.”

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16. “Make no friendship with an elephant keeper If you have no room to entertain an elephant.”

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17. “Whatever makes an impression on the heart seems lovely in the eye.”

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18. “When you see contention amongst your enemies, go and sit at ease with your friends; but when you see them of one mind, string your bow, and place stones upon the ramparts.”

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19. “It’s no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.”

— Saadi

20. “O Contentment, make me rich! for without thee there is no wealth.”

— Saadi

21. “Whatever is produced in haste goes hastily to waste.”

— Saadi

22. “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.”

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23. “A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.”

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24. “Joy and sorrow, beauty and deformity, equally pass away.”

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25. “Virtue is in the mind, not in the appearance.”

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26. “Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.”

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27. “The world is not a courtroom There is no judge no jury no plaintiff. This is a caravan filled with eccentric beings telling wondrous stories about God.”

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28. “Whoever acquires knowledge but does not practice it is as one who ploughs but does not sow.”

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29. “The wise man tells not what he knows. It is not prudent to sport with one’s head by revealing the king’s secrets.”

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30. “Whoever interrupts the conversation of others to make a display of his fund of knowledge, makes notorious his own stock of ignorance.”

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31. “A traveler without knowledge is a bird without wings.”

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32. “Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.”

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33. “Of journeying the benefits are many: the freshness it bringeth to the heart, the seeing and hearing of marvelous things, the delight of beholding new cities, the meeting of unknown friends, and the learning of high manners.”

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34. “Publish not men’s secret faults, for by disgracing them you make yourself of no repute.”

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35. “He who is indifferent to the suffering of others is a traitor to that which is truly human.”

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36. “If thou tellest the sorrows of thy heart, let it be to him in whose countenance thou mayst be assured of prompt consolation.”

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37. “A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men.”

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38. “The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.”

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39. “O wise man, wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.”

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40. “People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.”

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41. “When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body.”

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42. “Shut the door of that house of pleasure which you hear resounding with the loud voice of a woman.”

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43. “However much you study, you cannot know without action. A donkey laden with books is neither an intellectual nor a wise man. Empty of essence, what learning has he whether upon him is firewood or book?”

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44. “Wherever the tree of beneficence takes root, it sends forth branches beyond the sky!”

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45. “Anger that has no limit causes terror, and unseasonable kindness does away with respect. Be not so severe as to cause disgust, nor so lenient as to make people presume.”

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46. “That sorrow which is the harbinger of joy is preferable to the joy which is followed by sorrow.”

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47. “The whelp of a wolf must prove a wolf at last, notwithstanding he may be brought up by a man.”

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48. “To the eye of enmity virtue appears the ugliest blemish.”

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49. “Obedience insures greatness, whilst disobedience leads to a repulse. Whosoever possesseth the qualities of righteousness placeth his head on the threshold of obedience.”

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50. “However much you are read in theory, if thou hast no practice thou art ignorant.”

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