Intoxication Quotes Quotes

“The main role of intoxication is to set the drinker free from the bonds of his selfhood—the 'ego' which is the source of all multiplicity, enmity and war—and ultimately, to lead him to the realm of Unity and peace with all.
Not only is the mystic poet a lover intoxicated with the wine of beauty, he is also a 'madman' outside the confines of convention and reason.”
― Hossein Elahi Ghomshei PhD, Beauty, Love, and Wisdom in Persian Poetry: From Attar to Rumi, Shabistari and Hafiz