The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
HAFEZPlant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
More Hafez Quotes
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Pulling out the chair beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God What else is there for Hafiz to do that is any fun in this world!
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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 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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There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
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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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Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
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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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We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
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You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.
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The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
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If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, Calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth.
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The 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.
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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.
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Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains.
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