I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through. Listen to this music.
HAFEZI 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.
More Hafez Quotes
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Happiness is right in front of you.
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You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.
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When no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.
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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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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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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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Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
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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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I know the way you can get / When you have not had a drink of Love: / Your face hardens, / Your sweet muscles cramp. / Children become concerned / About a strange look that appears in your eyes / Which even begins to worry your own mirror / And nose.
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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.
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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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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.
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Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.
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Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
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