#persian

Oh, come with old Khayyàm, and leave the Wise To talk; one thing is certain, that Life flies; One thing is certain, and the Rest is Lies; The Flower that once has blown forever dies. ↗

— Omar Khayyám

#rubiayat #wisdom #life

you’re already naked in this world in this time in this life beacause your next love your next hunger you next laughter and even your next tear may never come ↗

— Baharak Sedigh

#love #persian-poetry #poetry #life

Woman is the light of God. ↗

— Rumi

#persian #persian-poetry #religion #rumi #rumi-poetry

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

#borrowing #burn #buy #change #china