"Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment."
This perspective on the meaning of life comes from Rumi, based in Tehran, Iran. As a renowned thinker (1207 - 1273), their words continue to inspire people around the world.
"The greatest tragedy is not death, but life without meaning."
— Ismail Kadare, 0, Tirana, Albania
"Raise your words, not voice. It is rain that grows flowers, not thunder."
— Rumi, 0, Tehran, Iran
"Ah, fill the Cup: what boots it to repeat How Time is flying underneath our feet: Unborn To-morrow, and dead Yesterday, Why fret about them if Today be sweet?"
— Omar Khayyam, 0, Tehran, Iran
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."
— Aristotle, 0, Athens, Greece