Occupation: Philosopher Birth: May 18, 1048 Death: December 4, 1131
Fools, your reward is neither here nor there..
Realise this: one day your soul will depart from your body and you will be drawn behind the curtain that floats between us and the unknown. While you….
Dead yesterdays and unborn tomorrows, why fret about it, if today be sweet..
To be free of belief and unbelief is my religion..
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 ….
As far as you can avoid it, do not give grief to anyone. Never inflict your rage on another. If you hope for eternal rest, feel the pain yourself; bu….
How sad, a heart that does not know how to love, that does not know what it is to be drunk with love. If you are not in love, how can you enjoy the b….
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; Mak….
Be happy for this moment. This moment is your life..
The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on..
There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see..
The entire world shall be populous with that action which saves one soul from despair..
Drink! for you know not when you came, nor why; Drink! for you know not why you go, nor where..
Drink wine. This is life eternal. This is all that youth will give you. It is the season for wine, roses and drunken friends. Be happy for this momen….
Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and-sans End!.
Drink! For you know not whence you came nor why..
I hide my distress, just likethe blessed birds hide themselveswhen they are preparing to die. Wine! Wine, roses, music and yourindifference to my sad….
I wonder what the vintners buy one half so precious as the stuff they sell..
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 He….
My friend, let's not think of tomorrow, but let's enjoy this fleeting moment of life..
Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape Than sadden after none, or bitter, Fruit..