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Omar Khayyam was a Persian philosopher, mathematician, and poet, renowned for his contributions to algebra and his philosophical works, particularly the 'Quatrains', which have had a profound influence on Western literature and thought.

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Famous Omar Khayyam Quotes

“Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise! One thing at least is certain - This Life flies; One thing is certain and the rest is Lies - The Flower that once has blown forever dies.”

Life Death Heaven Hell Existentialism

Book:Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Source: Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

“Heaven has not learned of my arrival, and my departure will not in the least diminish it beauty and grandeur. I will sleep underground, for us ephemeral mortals, the only eternity is the moment and drinking to the moment is better than weeping for it.”

Moments Heaven Sleep Eternity Drinking Mortals Diminish Weeping Grandeur Departure Arrivals Ephemeral

Author:Omar Khayyam

“To-day is thine to spend, but not to-morrow; Counting on morrows breedeth bankrupt sorrow: O squander not this breath that Heaven hath lent thee; Make not too sure another breath to borrow.”

Heaven Sorrow Breaths Thee Counting Morrow

Book:The Quatrains of Omar Khayyám

Source: The Quatrains of Omar Khayyám

“I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return'd to me, And answer'd: 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell”

Soul Heaven Answers Hell Return Letters Invisible My Soul Spells

Book:Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition

Source: Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition

“Thy Return is as another Sun to Heaven; a new Rose blooming in the Garden of the Soul.”

Love Soul Heaven Sun Return Garden Rose Comeback Blooming

Author:Omar Khayyam

“Heaven but the vision of fulfilled desire, and Hell the shadow from a soul on fire.”

Soul Desire Heaven Vision Hell Fire Shadow Fulfilled Soul On Fire

Book:Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition

Source: Edward FitzGerald, Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: A Critical Edition

“How much more of the mosque, of prayer and fasting? Better go drunk and begging round the taverns. Khayyam, drink wine, for soon this clay of yours Will make a cup, bowl, one day a jar. When once you hear the roses are in bloom, Then is the time, my love, to pour the wine; Houris and palaces and Heaven and Hell- These are but fairy-tales, forget them all.”

Heaven Prayer Forget Hell Drink One Day Wine Rose Rounds Atheist Tales Drunk Cups Fairy Fairy Tale Bowls Clay Palaces Begging Fasting Heaven And Hell Jars Mosques Taverns Prayer And Fasting

Author:Omar Khayyam

“Men talk of heaven, - there is no heaven but here; Men talk of hell, - there is no hell but here; Men of hereafters talk and future lives, - O love, there is no other life - but here.”

Men Religion Heaven Hell Future Life

Author:Omar Khayyam

“And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky, Whereunder crawling cooped we live and die, Lift not your hands to It for help-for it As impotently moves as you or I”

Helping Hands Moving Dies Heaven Sky Lifts Bowls Crawling Inverted

Author:Omar Khayyam