I despise the zeal of the devout, but I have never said that the One is two.
I am not one of those for whom faith is simply fear of judgement. How do I pray? I study a rose, I count the stars, I marvel at the beauty of the creation and how perfectly ordered it is, at man, the most beautiful work of the Creator, his brain thirsting for knowledge, his heart for love, and his senses, all his senses alert or gratified.

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— Omar KhayyÃ¡m

S'il n'avait gardÃ© une derniÃ¨re illusion, je me rÃ©clamerais volontiers d'Omar Khayyam, de ses tristesses sans rÃ©plique; mais il croyait encore au vin.

— Emil M. Cioran

The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on.

— Omar KhayyÃ¡m

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.

— Jorge Luis Borges

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Of all my seeking this is all my gain:
No agony of any mortal brain
Shall wrest the secret of the life of man;
The Search has taught me that the Search is vain.

— Omar KhayyÃ¡m

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