The Ruba'iyat

Verse 103:
Suppose the world went as you wanted, then what? 
And suppose this book of life were read through, then what? 
Let me suppose a century of self-gratification left, 
Even supposing we had a century more, then what?


Verse 197:
Oh heart, do not grieve over this worn-out world, 
You are not aimless, do not indulge in aimless sorrows; 
Since it is not clear what has gone and what has not, 
Be happy, don't grieve over what was and what was not.


-  From the Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam, 9th Century Persian Sufi .


Note: Simply Brilliant eh?