Un forte eterno sulle montagne dell'Azerbaijan

You've come to know the fortunate and the inauspicious stars, but you don't know whether you yourself are fortunate or lucky.

Rumi

The countryside

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

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