I do not feel like writing verses; but as I light my perfume burner with myrrh and jasmine incense, they suddenly burgeon from my heart, like flowers in a garden.
HAFEZYour heart and my heart are very, very old friends.
More Hafez Quotes
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The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
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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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We are People who need to love, because Love is the soul’s life, Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this… and the Ocean does that.
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People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.
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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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A poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth.
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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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There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
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Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.
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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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Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
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Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
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We don’t need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.
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It is not easy to stop thinking ill of others.Usually one must enter into a friendship with a person who has accomplished that great feat himself.Then something might start to rub off on you of that true elegance.
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