An eternal fort over Azerbaijan's mountains

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.

Rumi

The countryside

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend, excepting lust, the indulgence of which increases its enmity.

Saadi

Immortal Fort

Beg of God the removal of envy, that God may deliver you from externals, and bestow upon you an inward occupation, which will absorb you so that your attention is not drawn away.

Rumi

Green slopes surrounding the castle