Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.
HAFEZStay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
More Hafez Quotes
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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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This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.
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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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You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and I say ‘here is a rope tie it around me Hafiz will be your companion for life’.
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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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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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Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days.
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Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
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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 wish I could show you the astonishing light of your own being.
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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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Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
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Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.
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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 lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
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