Use a sweet tongue, courtesy, and gentleness, and thou mayest manage to guide an elephant by a hair.

It's no virtue to gain the whole world. Just gain the heart of one person.

Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.

The sea does not contain all the pearls, the earth does not enclose all the treasures, and the flint-stone does not inclose all the diamonds, since the head of man encloses wisdom.

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

It is wrong to follow the advice of an adversary; nevertheless it is right to hear it, that you may do the contrary; and this is the essence of good policy.

The sons of Adam are limbs of each other, Having been created of one essence. When the calamity of time affects one limb, the other limbs cannot remain at rest. If you have no sympathy for the troubles of others, You are unworthy to be called by the name of a human.