Listen; this world is the lunatic’s sphere , Don’t always agree it’s real, Even with my feet upon it And the postman knowing my door My address is somewhere else.
HAFEZI am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there That people say the different names Of the One God.
More Hafez Quotes
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The Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.
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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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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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The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
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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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All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.
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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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Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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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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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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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 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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An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.
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One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.
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