If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, Calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth.
HAFEZYour heart and my heart are very, very old friends.
More Hafez Quotes
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Grieve not because thou understand-not life’s mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
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Your life within God’s arms, Your dance within God’s arms, Is already Perfect!
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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
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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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The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
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Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun
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Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.
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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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There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office.
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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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What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.
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Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.
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Everyone, 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.
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What we speak becomes the house we live in.
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