Profound Calligraphy

I love calligraphy. Persian calligraphy has always astounded me because of the way that their words lend themselves with beauty and grace to flowing works of art. The Persians cherished calligraphy because it was a way to express the religion of Islam without creating false images as they believed that only Allah could create images of people and animals. I was delighted because it seemed that at every turn in the Palace Museum framed calligraphy pieces hung on the walls like joyful surprises waiting to be discovered. I would love to have taken a picture of every piece and placed them in this blog but I am aware that it would be as tedious to others as making them watch vacation slides (which this blog is intended to replace and thus help my friends to avoid a dull evening, surely they can peruse this at their leisure). Instead I will simply upload the one that of all the sayings we felt to be the most profound. It is certainly helping to slowly alter my preconceived prejudices of Middle Eastern values.