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.
HAFEZThe 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.
More Hafez Quotes
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You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.
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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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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.
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When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.
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Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.
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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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Happiness is right in front of you.
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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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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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The tide of my love Has risen so high let me flood over You.
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I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through. Listen to this music.
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Grieve not because thou understand-not life’s mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
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Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.
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You have actually waltzed with tremendous style, my sweet, O my sweet, crushed angel.
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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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