Persian Quotes

• As I have said for many years throughout this land, we're borrowing money from China to buy oil from the Persian Gulf to burn it in ways that destroy the future of human civilization. Every bit of that has to change.

  Al Gore

  Civilization, Oil, Years

  Al Gore's speech at the Democratic National Convention at Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado, www.cnn.com. August 28, 2008.

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• To me a lush carpet of pine needles or spongy grass is more welcome than the most luxurious Persian rug.

  Helen Keller

  Nature, Garden, Luxury

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• Rumi, who is one of the greatest Persian poets, said that the truth was a mirror in the hands of God. It fell, and broke into pieces. Everybody took a piece of it, and they looked at it and thought they had the truth.

  Mohsen Makhmalbaf

  Mirrors, Hands, Pieces

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Life, Spiritual

  "Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing". Book by Larry Chang, p. 26, 2006.

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• Persian social manners are well known, and there is no other society that can compete with them.

  Moshe Katsav

  Competition, Well Known, Manners

  "Interview: Israeli President Discusses Iran Nuclear Standoff". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty interview, www.rferl.org. March 20, 2006.

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• If books were Persian carpets, one would not look only at the outer side. because it is the stitch that makes a carpet wear, gives it its life and bloom.

  Rumer Godden

  Book, Two Sides, Giving

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• But Canada remains a crucial partner in this global war on terrorism, and we are grateful for that. Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and military personnel continue anti-terrorist operations in the Persian Gulf.

  Paul Cellucci

  Military, War, Grateful

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• Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.

  Mohammed Reza Pahlavi

  People, Magic, Kind

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• But every great scripture, whether Hebrew, Indian, Persian, or Chinese, apart from its religious value will be found to have some rare and special beauty of its own; and in this respect the original Bible stands very high as a monument of sublime poetry and of artistic prose.

  Lafcadio Hearn

  Religious, Chinese, Sublime

  Lafcadio Hearn (2012). “Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn”, p.107, tredition

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• The bulk of extra supplies that could be put into the market come from two places. One, they come from other Persian Gulf suppliers, of which Saudi Arabia is at the top of the list.

  Daniel Yergin

  Two, Arabia, Lists

  "American Morning With Paula Zahn" with Bill Hemmer, www.cnn.com. September 3, 2002.

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• Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earlier who are fighting terrorism will provide more support indirectly to this war in Iraq than most of the 46 countries that are fully supporting our efforts there.

  Paul Cellucci

  Country, War, Fighting

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• An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

  Bill Vaughan

  New Year, Fun, New Beginnings

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• MANICHEISM, n. The ancient Persian doctrine of an incessant warfare between Good and Evil. When Good gave up the fight the Persians joined the victorious Opposition.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Fighting, Evil, Doctrine

  Ambrose Bierce (2001). “The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary”, p.162, University of Georgia Press

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• I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight that do not supply the Americans with some precious commodity, then the education of the public does not take place. But when the dictator falls, when the oil is threatened, then you turn on the television and they tell you where the country is, what the language is, how to pronounce the names of the leaders, what the religion is all about, and maybe you can cut out recipes in the newspaper of Persian dishes.

  Don DeLillo

  Country, Fall, Cutting

  Don DeLillo (2012). “The Names”, p.58, Vintage

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• The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you.

  Rumi

  Anniversary, Marriage, Valentines Day

  Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi, “Untitled”

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• What we speak becomes the house we live in.

  Hafez

  Inspirational, House, Becoming

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• Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Life, Change

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• The minute I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don't finally meet somewhere. They're in each other all along.

  Rumi

  Love, Anniversary, Marriage

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.148, Penguin UK

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• Boy, I loathe Persian luxury.

  Horace

  Boys, Luxury, Loathe

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• Sanskrit has ninety-six words for love; ancient Persian has eighty; Greek three; and English simply one.

  Robert Johnson

  Greek, Three, Six

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• Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.

  Rumi

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Wisdom

  Rumi (2015). “Selected Poems”, p.336, Penguin UK

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• Speak any language, Turkish, Greek, Persian, Arabic, but always speak with love

  Rumi

  Greek, Language, Speak

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• Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.

  Rumi

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  "Path for Greatness : Work as Spiritual Service". Book by Linda J. Ferguson, p. 51, 2000.

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• The verb 'to love' in Persian is 'to have a friend.' 'I love you' translated literally is 'I have you as a friend,' and 'I don't like you' simply means 'I don't have you as a friend.

  Shusha Guppy

  Love, Mean, Verbs

  Shusha Guppy (2004). “The Blindfold Horse: Memories of a Persian Childhood”, p.212, Tauris Parke Paperbacks

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• A Persian's heaven is eas'ly made: 'T is but black eyes and lemonade.

  Charles Lamb

  Eye, Heaven, Black

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