Farid Ud-Din Attar - The Conference of the Birds

"The way is unknown, and no one has the steadfastness to seek it, though thousands of creatures spend their lives in longing ".

Farid Ud-Din Attar - The Conference of the Birds.

Farid Ud-Din Attar was one of the earliest Sufi poets of Persia. Attar's best known work is called Mantiq-ut-Tair, or the 'Conference of the Birds'

Hitopadesha - On Anger

"The mind of a sage, even when angered, is never perturbed. Can a man heat the waters of the sea with a lighted straw?"

Hitopadesha.

Hitopadesha is a collection of Sanskrit fables in prose and verse written  as an exposition on statecraft.

Omar Khayyam

"In cell and cloister, in monastery and synagogue,

Here one fears hell, another dreams of paradise.

But he who knows the true secrets of his God

Has planted no such seeds in his heart."

Omar Khayyam

Omar Khayyám was a Persian polymath: philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music, climatology and theology.

The Holy Qur’an - "The Spoils of War" Sura: (8):23

“Indeed, the worst of living creatures in the sight of Allah are the deaf and dumb who do not use reason.”

The Holy Qur’an  - Sura: Al-Anfaal "The Spoils of War" (8):23

Sahih International Translation