Alcohol makes other people less tedious, and food less bland, and can help provide what the Greeks called entheos, or the slight buzz of inspiration when reading or writing. The only worthwhile miracle in the...

Cautivar a una persona libre con amor es mejor que liberar a mil esclavos.

To bind one free man with love is better than to release a thousand slaves.

I sometimes think the Pussy-Willows greyAre Angel Kittens who have lost their way,And every Bulrush on the river bankA Cat-Tail from some lovely Cat astray.

He [Omar Khayyam] is an atheist, but knows how to interpret in orthodox style the most difficult passages of the Koran; for every educated man is a theologian and faith is not a requisite.

Dünyada olan biteni ben de görmedeyim;Haksızları hep baş köşelerde görmedeyim;Fesuphanallah! Nereye bakarsam bakayım Kendi mutsuzluğumu her yerde görmedeyim.

Inscribed on it was a verse from the Quatrains of Omar Khayyam, the eleventh-century Persian mystic. Reading the words aloud I prepared for a most amazing journey:The sages who have compassed sea and land,Their secret...