Think of suffering as being washed.
HAFEZ
HAFEZ
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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.
HafezHafez Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
HafezHafez Your life within God’s arms, Your dance within God’s arms, Is already Perfect!
HafezHafez We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!
HafezHafez The earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening.
HafezHafez Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
HafezHafez I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.
HafezHafez Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
HafezHafez In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
HafezHafez For I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most.
HafezHafez 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.
HafezHafez Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.
HafezHafez There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office.
HafezHafez Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
HafezHafez 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.
HafezHafez 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.
HafezHafez
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
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Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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Princess DianaPrincess Diana Whether we get to avoid pain and suffering or we must persevere in the midst of it, our deliverance comes when we’re dragged from the enemy of our souls to the heart of God.
Beth MooreBeth Moore Religion, politics, society are exploiting you, and you are being conditioned by them; you are being forced in a particular direction. You are not human beings; you are mere cogs in a machine.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiJiddu Krishnamurti We, we, and none else, are responsible for what we suffer. We are the effects, and we are the causes.
Swami VivekanandaSwami Vivekananda Great and small suffer the same mishaps.
Blaise PascalBlaise Pascal We poor creatures are born for man’s pleasure and amusement, and destined to go through endless sufferings and trials.
Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria I began to understand that suffering and disappointments and melancholy are there not to vex us or cheapen us or deprive us of our dignity but to mature and transfigure us.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse