Think of suffering as being washed.
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We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!
HafezHafez 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.
HafezHafez Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
HafezHafez I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.
HafezHafez Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
HafezHafez In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
HafezHafez For I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most.
HafezHafez Remember for just one minute of the day, it would be best to try looking upon yourself more as God does, for She knows your true royal nature.
HafezHafez Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.
HafezHafez There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office.
HafezHafez Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
HafezHafez I long for You so much I follow barefoot Your frozen tracks That are high in the mountains That I know are years old. I long for You so much I have even begun to travel Where I have never been before.
HafezHafez 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.
HafezHafez Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
HafezHafez 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.
HafezHafez The only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine…that I may for a time forget the cares of the world.
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Krishan PandeyKrishan Pandey I will wait, I am waiting, and I will love you with all the love I posses until this body is ash and I begin my search for you again.
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson Nothing is permanent not even your pain.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Do not insist me to let you go, you come half hearted like a crescent moon, and you go heart-filled like a full moon which glows.
Nikita GandhiNikita Gandhi I want to fold you into my book, like a petal, so that you’d never leave.
Mira R. AridiMira R. Aridi It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Do not measure yourself by success, failure, or a degree. Measure your life by the dreams you have.
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Saint AugustineSaint Augustine Life is suffering. It is hard. The world is cursed. But still, you find reasons to keep living.
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EuripidesEuripides Everyone rushes his life on, and suffers from a yearning for the future and a boredom with the present.
SenecaSeneca