Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I’m very much afraid that you will never really see the point.
HAFEZThe lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
More Hafez Quotes
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Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.
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Happiness is right in front of you.
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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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For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.
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When you can make others laugh with jokes that belittle no one and your words always unite, Hafiz will vote for you to be God.
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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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What we speak becomes the house we live in.
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I 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.
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Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
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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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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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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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The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
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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.
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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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