The Epistle of Forgiveness, or A Pardon to Enter the Garden Quotes

“My tongue speaks but I do not act;
My heart desires but I do naught.
I am aware of the right path but do not let myself be guided;
I know, but act in ignorance.”
― ʻAlī ibn Manṣūr Ibn al-Qāriḥ, The Epistle of Forgiveness, or A Pardon to Enter the Garden

“Everyone who strives after gain in the perishable world will necessarily come to regret it, at the time of separation and the moment of non-being.”
― Abū al-ʿAlāʾ al-Maʿarrī, The Epistle of Forgiveness, or A Pardon to Enter the Garden