It is not easy to stop thinking ill of others.Usually one must enter into a friendship with a person who has accomplished that great feat himself.Then something might start to rub off on you of that true elegance.
HAFEZPeople say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.
More Hafez Quotes
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I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere in this world – Something good will happen.
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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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Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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The earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening.
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Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.
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You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and I say ‘here is a rope tie it around me Hafiz will be your companion for life’.
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Tis writ on Paradise’s gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
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I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.
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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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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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Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
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Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.
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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 am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through. Listen to this music.
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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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