How seek the way which leadeth to our wishes? By renouncing our wishes. The crown of excellence is renunciation.
HAFEZI Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.
More Hafez Quotes
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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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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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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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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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God and I have built an immense fire together. We keep each other happy and warm.
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The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even pure Soul.
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Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
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The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
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We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
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Light will someday split you open.
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The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.- Robert Frost Now that all your worry has proved such an unattractive business – why not find a better job?
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It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket-as all things are-to return to God.
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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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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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The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
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