The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
HAFEZRun my dear, From anything, That may not strengthen, Your precious budding wings.
More Hafez Quotes
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What we speak becomes the house we live in.
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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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Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.
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God disguised as myriad things, and playing a game of tag has kissed you and said, “You’re it. I mean you’re really it. Now it does not matter what you believe or feel. For something wonderful, something major-league wonderful, is someday going to happen.”
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Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I’m very much afraid that you will never really see the point.
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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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There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.
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Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
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Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?
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The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this… and the Ocean does that.
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I do not feel like writing verses; but as I light my perfume burner with myrrh and jasmine incense, they suddenly burgeon from my heart, like flowers in a garden.
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Everyone, 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.
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All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.
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An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.
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For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.
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