From the great Sufi Poet, Hafez

I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in the darkness, the astonishing light of your own being.

Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.

Your love should never be offered to the mouth of a stranger. Only to someone who has the valor and daring, to cut pieces of their soul off with a knife. Then weave them into a blanket to protect you.

Stay close to any sounds that make you glad you are alive.

Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.

There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.

Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me”

There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

Taken from Paulo Coelho’s blog about “Hafez”