The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
HAFEZEveryone, 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.
More Hafez Quotes
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In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
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Grieve not because thou understand-not life’s mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
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What we speak becomes the house we live in.
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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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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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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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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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Only a Perfect One who is always laughing at the word two can make you know of Love.
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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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We don’t need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.
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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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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.
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I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let’s just get out of this mess.
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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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I 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.
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