Prohibitions create the desire they were intended to cure.
To be the equal of reality you must learn how to ignore it without danger.
The steward, according to custom, had stopped all the clocks. This, in the language of Narouz, said "Your stay with us is so brief, let us not be reminded of the flight of the hours."
Old age is an insult. It's like being smacked.
To write a poem is like trying to catch a lizard without its tail falling off.
Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.