There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
HAFEZThe world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
More Hafez Quotes
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True art awakens the Extraordinary Ovation.
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Tis writ on Paradise’s gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
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All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.
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I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’
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Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.
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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.
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Do not surrender your grief so quickly Let it cut more deeply Let it ferment and season you As few human or divine ingredients can Something is missing in my heart tonight That has made my eyes so soft And my voice so tender And my need of God so absolutely clear.
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How seek the way which leadeth to our wishes? By renouncing our wishes. The crown of excellence is renunciation.
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Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.
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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.
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God disguised as myriad things, and playing a game of tag has kissed you and said, “You’re it. I mean you’re really it. Now it does not matter what you believe or feel. For something wonderful, something major-league wonderful, is someday going to happen.”
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Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
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Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.
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