"Hafez uttereth a prayer. Listen: say an amin! Be my daily food the lips sugar-scattering of Thine."

"The pious man, with his rosary and prayer rug, is often more distant from God than the lover in the tavern."

"I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through. Listen to this music."

"If the beloved is a Christian, what concern is it of yours? If she is a pagan, what concern is it of yours?"

"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."