“To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.” — Saadi Shirazi · The Inspired Sage

Diskit Gompa, perched on a hill overlooking the confluence of the Shyok and Nubra rivers in Ladakh, India

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To give pleasure to a single heart by a single kind act is better than a thousand head-bowings in prayer.

Saadi Shirazi

— Saadi Shirazi

Persian poet

Sara A. Hubbard (ed.) Catchwords of Cheer (Chicago: R. F. Seymour, 1900) n.p.

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Attributed to: Saadi Shirazi
Source: Sara A. Hubbard (ed.) Catchwords of Cheer (Chicago: R. F. Seymour, 1900) n.p.
Culture / tradition: Persian
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