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Hafiz of Shiraz Quotes
4 sourced quotes from Hafiz of Shiraz across Sufism.
“I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.”
“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, "You owe me." Look what happens with a love like that — it lights the whole sky.”
“The small man builds cages for everyone he knows. While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, keeps dropping keys all night long for the beautiful, rowdy prisoners.”
“A poet is someone who can pour Light into a cup, then raise it to nourish your beautiful parched, holy mouth.”