Omar Khayyam

My mathematical pursuits are a quest for order in a chaotic world, a solace in the face of uncertainty.

To my dear friend, may your days be filled with the sweetness of wine and the wisdom of books.

The stars reveal much, but conceal more. Our understanding is but a flicker in the vast darkness.

Let us not waste precious moments on theological disputes, but rather embrace the beauty of the present.

The pursuit of knowledge is a lonely path, but one that offers its own unique rewards.

My heart aches for the fleeting nature of beauty, yet finds joy in its momentary presence.

The solutions to the most complex equations often lie in the simplest observations.

A Moment's Halt—a momentary taste Of Being from the Well amid the Waste— And lo! the phantom Caravan has reach'd The Nothing it set out from—Oh, make haste!

Come, fill the Cup, and in the Fire of Spring Your Winter-garment of Repentance fling: The Bird of Time has but a little way To fly—and Lo! the Bird is on the Wing.

Indeed, indeed, Repentance oft before I swore—but was I sober when I swore? And then—and then came Spring, and Rose-in-hand My thread-bare Penitence apieces tore.

With them the Seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow; And this was all the Harvest that I reaped— 'I came like Water, and like Wind I go.'

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 Heav'n and Hell.'

Earth's a gaming-table, where we play for life.

The first Morning of Creation wrote What the Last Dawn of Reckoning shall read.

For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man Is blackened—Man's forgiveness give—and take!

The science of algebra is a noble science, and it is a pity that it has been neglected.

I have examined the methods of the ancients and the moderns, and I have found that they are all imperfect.

The solution of cubic equations by geometric methods is a beautiful and elegant art.

Mathematics is the key to understanding the universe.

The study of mathematics is like the ascent of a mountain. The higher one climbs, the wider the view.