No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth, 'You owe me.' Look what happens with a love like that.
HA HafezPoet · 1325–1390What this quote means
Hafez pictures love as light that asks nothing in return. The most beautiful affection gives freely and, in giving, brightens everything.
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Fourteenth-century Persian poet whose joyful, wine-bright verses on love and the divine are quoted across the world.
This line is among the quotes by Hafez that readers return to on love — a small, portable reminder to carry into the morning.
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