158 Quotes by Omar Khayyám

To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend. And kindness reconcile a deadly foe.

Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.

Justice is the soul of the universe.

If I don't enjoy myself now, when shall I?

We are in truth but pieces on this chess board of life, which in the end we leave, only to drop one by one into the grave of nothingness.

You've seen the world, and all you've seen is nothing; and everything, as well, that you have said and heard is nothing. You've sprinted everywhere between here and the horizon; it is nothing. And all the possessions you've treasured up at home are nothing.

Why ponder thus the future to foresee, and jade thy brain to vain perplexity? Cast off thy care, leave Allah’s plans to him – He formed them all without consulting thee.

The thoughtful soul to solitude retires.

Think not I dread to see my spirit fly, Through the dark gates of fell mortality; Death has no terrors when the life is true; 'Tis living ill that makes us fear to die.