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.
The first reaction to truth is hatred.
Loneliness is the way by which destiny endeavors to lead man to himself.
Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees...
There is therefore no reason to put a limit to evolutionary possibility by taking our present organization or status of existence as final. The animal is a laboratory in which Nature has worked out man; man may very well be a laboratory in which she wills to work out superman, to disclose the soul as a divine being, to evolve a divine nature.
The priest is an immense being because he makes the crowd believe astonishing things.
I built my soul a lordly pleasure-house, Wherein at ease for aye to dwell.
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