Saadi Shirazi — 🦉 Wisdom Quote

Saadi shows that gratitude and complaint are inner dispositions, not responses to conditions.

“A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even if he lives in paradise.”

Saadi shows that gratitude and complaint are inner dispositions, not responses to conditions.

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”

— Saadi Shirazi

“The knowledge of yourself will preserve you from vanity; the knowledge of the world will keep you from despair.”

— Saadi Shirazi

“The charitable man is the truly wise man, and he who loveth not his brother is indeed a fool.”

— Saadi Shirazi

“The ruler who is guided by mercy and justice earns the devotion that force can never command.”

— Saadi Shirazi