Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
HAFEZEveryone, whether he is self-denying or self-indulgent, is seeking after the Beloved. Every place may be the shrine of love, whether it be mosque or synagogue.
More Hafez Quotes
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How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.
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The earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening.
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You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and I say ‘here is a rope tie it around me Hafiz will be your companion for life’.
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Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light…And let it breathe.
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Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.
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I wish I could show you the astonishing light of your own being.
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I am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there That people say the different names Of the One God.
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I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.
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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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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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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.
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Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun
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I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let’s just get out of this mess.
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Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I’m very much afraid that you will never really see the point.
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Every desire of your body is holy; Every desire of your body is Holy.
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