More from Hafez
Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
HafezHafez Light will someday split you open.
HafezHafez Run my dear, from anything that may not strengthen your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, from anyone likely to put a sharp knife into the sacred, tender vision of your beautiful heart.
HafezHafez I wish I could show you the astonishing light of your own being.
HafezHafez Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
HafezHafez Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.
HafezHafez How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words.
HafezHafez I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.
HafezHafez The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.
HafezHafez 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.
HafezHafez All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days.
HafezHafez Every desire of your body is holy; Every desire of your body is Holy.
HafezHafez Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun
HafezHafez The tide of my love Has risen so high let me flood over You.
HafezHafez Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred Now is the time for you to deeply compute the impossibility that there is anything but grace.
HafezHafez Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
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Don’t compare her to sunshine and roses when she’s clearly orchids and moonlight.
Melody LeeMelody Lee Oh moonlight, continue to shine on me. As you light up the sky, maybe some peace will come to me.
ShamaShama Stop counting the reasons why they should be loved and start counting the many reasons why you are the one who is worth loving.
Ayaka HaseAyaka Hase Sure, there are oceans and seas and magnificent things – but none of them are you.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix I wish you the wildest of dreams.
Kate WestKate West The way you look at me, The way you make me feel whole, The way you make me feel safe, thats poetry to me.
Barbara GianquittoBarbara Gianquitto You cannot leave and have me too I cannot exist in two places at once-when you ask if we can still be friends.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur Live to be happy not to impress.
Hayley EvansHayley Evans
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More on happiness
Hope Smiles from the threshold of the year to come, Whispering ‘it will be happier’.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson Puritanism. The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.
H. L. MenckenH. L. Mencken Where thou art, that is home.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
Alexander PopeAlexander Pope It is the ultimate luxury to combine passion and contribution. It’s also a very clear path to happiness.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg My main focus is always to do well on the field for the Indian cricket team. When people say good things about me off the field, I am more than happy to accept them.
Virat KohliVirat Kohli I am very happy playing and showing off my talent on the cricket field and have no plans to enter Bollywood.
Virat KohliVirat Kohli Forever is composed of nows.
Emily DickinsonEmily Dickinson