We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
HAFEZWe have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
HAFEZThere is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.
HAFEZThere is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
HAFEZYou yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.
HAFEZThe only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine…that I may for a time forget the cares of the world.
HAFEZStart seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
HAFEZBe kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light…And let it breathe.
HAFEZTrue art awakens the Extraordinary Ovation.
HAFEZFear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
HAFEZThe lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
HAFEZRun 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.
HAFEZPeople say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.
HAFEZThe earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening.
HAFEZGrieve not because thou understand-not life’s mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
HAFEZLaugh because that is the purest sound.
HAFEZThe 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.
HAFEZ