144 Quotes by Iranian authors

Iranian sayings braid tenderness with irony, mystic yearning with streetwise wit. Here the rose keeps the thorn’s company, the nightingale sings to a silent heart, and the reed-flute tells of separation and return. Poets and grandmothers alike weigh words as carefully as saffron, brief, fragrant, and exacting. Themes circle love, hospitality, dignity, patience in hardship, and the restless dance of fate on a chessboard of dust and jasmine. Between tavern and prayer rug, caravan and courtyard, these lines invite reflection, kindness, and a steady gaze toward justice.

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"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"The beloved of the Almighty are: the rich who have the humility of the poor, and the poor who have the magnanimity of the rich"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"When Karim and his group heard about Saddam coming, they wanted to kill him, but fate had other ideas"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"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"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"When the belly is empty, the body becomes spirit; and when it is full, the spirit becomes body"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"Oman overall has great animal and plant biodiversity because it has mountains, desert, coastal areas and rich coral reefs"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"Most of the birds of the Old World can be found here, as Oman is on a strategic route for migrating birds"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"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"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"I fear God, and next to God, I mostly fear them that fear him not"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"VX is now a dead issue... It is political, really"

Saadi, Poet

Saadi

"Democracy doesn't recognize east or west; democracy is simply people's will. Therefore, I do not acknowledge that there are various models of democracy; there is just democracy itself"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"Americans are the great Satan, the wounded snake"

Ayatollah Khomeini, Statesman

Ayatollah Khomeini

"Women are the victims of this patriarchal culture, but they are also its carriers. Let us keep in mind that every oppressive man was raised in the confines of his mother's home"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"If one commits the act of sodomy with a cow, an ewe, or a camel, their urine and their excrements become impure, and even their milk may no longer be consumed. The animal must then be killed and as quickly as possible and burned"

Ayatollah Khomeini, Statesman

Ayatollah Khomeini

"My main mistake was to have made an ancient people advance by forced marches toward independence, health, culture, affluence, comfort"

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Royalty

"My advisers built a wall between myself and my people. I didn't realize what was happening. When I woke up, I had lost my people"

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Royalty

"Do you know that every day, 10 people in Afghanistan are injured by landmines? It will continue for the next 50 years, because the country has the largest number of landmines in the world"

Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Director

"One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America"

Ayatollah Khomeini, Statesman

Ayatollah Khomeini

"Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people"

Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Royalty

"Let me be clear, if there is any use of costly systems and mechanisms we have created for the past 80 decades to preserve human rights and dignity, now is the time to do it"

Abbas Araghchi, Diplomat

Abbas Araghchi

"Negotiation means dialogue, not dictation, and we reject anything based on dictates"

Abbas Araghchi, Diplomat

Abbas Araghchi

"The first writing of the human being was drawing, not writing"

Marjane Satrapi, Artist

"The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people"

Marjane Satrapi, Artist

"Technical knowledge has now become an integral aspect of the Iranian psyche"

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Statesman

"The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political charges are not in accordance with human rights"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"I maintain that nothing useful and lasting can emerge from violence"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"How can you defy fear? Fear is a human instinct, just like hunger. Whether you like it or not, you become hungry. Similarly with fear. But I have learned to train myself to live with this fear"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"When we criticize in Iran the actions of the government, the fundamentalists say that we and the Bush Administration are in the same camp. The funny thing is that human rights activists and Mr. Bush can never be situated in the same group"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"I hope the example of Saddam Hussein will give a lesson to leaders of other countries where human rights are not respected"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"Human rights is a universal standard. It is a component of every religion and every civilization"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"We must not enable anyone to impose his personal view regarding religion on others by force, oppression, or pressure"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"What is important is that one utilizes one's intellect and not to be 100 percent sure about one's convictions. One should always leave room for doubt"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

"My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam"

Shirin Ebadi, Lawyer

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