Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where.
Interpretation
Life is uncertain and fleeting, so one should enjoy it while they can.
This quote by Omar Khayyam suggests that the mysteries of life and death are beyond our understanding. It emphasizes the importance of living in the moment and embracing the pleasures of life, as we have no concrete knowledge of our origins or our ultimate destination.
In practice
This quote can be shared at a celebration to encourage guests to enjoy the moment.
When you are so full of sorrow_x000D_ that you can't walk, can't cry anymore,_x000D_ think about the green foliage that sparkles after_x000D_ the rain. When the daylight exhausts you, when_x000D_ you hope a final night will cover the world,_x000D_ think about the awakening of a young child.
Oh! My beloved! fill the cup, that clears to-day of past regrets and future fears.
Itβs too bad if a heart lacks fire,_x000D_ and is deprived of the light _x000D_ of a heart ablaze._x000D_ The day on which you are_x000D_ without passionate love_x000D_ is the most wasted day of your life.
So when that Angel of the darker Drink, at last shall find you by the river-brink,_x000D_ _x000D_ And, offering his Cup, invite your Soul forth to your Lips to quaff-you shall not shrink.
A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
So I be written in the Book of Love. I do not care about that Book Above. Erase my name, or write it as you will. So I be written in the Book of Love.
Marseilles isn't a city for tourists. There's nothing to see. Its beauty can't be photographed. It can only be shared. It's a place where you have to take sides, be passionately for or against. Only then can you see what there is to see. And you realize, too late, that you're in the middle of a tragedy. An ancient tragedy in which the hero is death. In Marseilles, even to lose you have to know how to fight.
Best of an island is once you get there - you can't go any farther...you've come to the end of things.
People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.
It is often argued that religion is valuable because it makes men good, but even if this were true it would not be a proof that religion is true. That would be an extension of pragmatism beyond endurance. Santa Claus makes children good in precisely the same way, and yet no one would argue seriously that the fact proves his existence. The defense of religion is full of such logical imbecilities.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Never look back unless you are planning to go that way.
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