There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.
HAFEZSing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.
More Hafez Quotes
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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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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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Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.
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God and I have built an immense fire together. We keep each other happy and warm.
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Be content with what thou hast received, and smooth thy frowning forehead, for the door of choice is not open either to thee or me.
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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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Remember for just one minute of the day, it would be best to try looking upon yourself more as God does, for She knows your true royal nature.
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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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What is the root of all these words? One thing: Love. But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed.
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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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Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.
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Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred Now is the time for you to deeply compute the impossibility that there is anything but grace.
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I know the way you can get / When you have not had a drink of Love: / Your face hardens, / Your sweet muscles cramp. / Children become concerned / About a strange look that appears in your eyes / Which even begins to worry your own mirror / And nose.
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Think of suffering as being washed.
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