Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz Quotes

Fortunate is he who does not carry envy as a companion.

When the remedy you have offered only increases the disease, then leave him who will not be cured, and tell your story to someone who seeks the truth.

Whereas want of fidelity is shameful even in dogs,
How can it be right in men?
God Almighty himself makes boast of fidelity
Saying 'Who is more faithful to his promise than we?

Wherever you stand, be the soul of that place.

Love is the water of life; receive it in thy heart and soul.

This discipline and rough treatment are a furnace to extract the silver from the dross. This testing purifies the gold by boiling the scum away.