"Those who fancy that collectedness results from the collecting of wordly goods remain in perpetual distraction, whilst those who are convinced that amassing wealth is the cause of distraction renounce all wordly goods."

“Jami: Haft Awrang, edited by Morteza Modares Gilani, Entezarat Ahora-Mahtab, Tehran, 2007”

“Mohammad Roshan: Jami's Divan by introduction of Mohammad Roshan, Negah Publications, Tehran, 2001”

“The wise man refuses to be led beyond his own depth.”

“God has not made with two hearts within him. The incomparable Majesty who has conferred the boon of existence upon thee has placed within thee but one heart, to the end that with single heart thou mayest love Him alone, and mayest turn thy back on all besides and devote thyself to Him alone, and refrain from dividing thy heart into a hundred portions, each portion devoted to a different object.”

“Those who live by bread alone will submit, for the sake of it, to the vilest abuse, like a hungry dog.”

“Jami: Joseph and Zuleika, correction by Naser Nikoobakht, Avaye Noor Publications, Tehran, 1998”