Sa di

Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 63

It is written in the Evangel: ‘O son of Adam, if I give thee riches, thou wilt turn away from me with mundane cares, and if I make thee poor thou wilt sit down with a sad heart; then where wilt thou enjoy the sweetness of adoring me, and when wilt thou hasten to serve me? ’ Sometimes thou art made haughty, and careless by wealth, Sometimes art in distress from exhaustion and penury. If thy state be such in joy and in distress, I know not when thou wilt turn to God from thyself. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)