Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
HAFEZI am happy even before I have a reason.
More Hafez Quotes
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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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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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There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.
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Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.
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I wish I could show you the astonishing light of your own being.
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Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.
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I long for You so much I follow barefoot Your frozen tracks That are high in the mountains That I know are years old. I long for You so much I have even begun to travel Where I have never been before.
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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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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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How seek the way which leadeth to our wishes? By renouncing our wishes. The crown of excellence is renunciation.
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What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.
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Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
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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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Every desire of your body is holy; Every desire of your body is Holy.
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Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them into a blanket To protect you.
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