Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
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.
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I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’
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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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God and I have built an immense fire together. We keep each other happy and warm.
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Listen; this world is the lunatic’s sphere , Don’t always agree it’s real, Even with my feet upon it And the postman knowing my door My address is somewhere else.
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Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.
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Run my dear, From anything, That may not strengthen, Your precious budding wings.
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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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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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Your life within God’s arms, Your dance within God’s arms, Is already Perfect!
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All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.
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Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.
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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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Happiness is right in front of you.
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Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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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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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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The Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.
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Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
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The sun will stand as your best man And whistle When you have found the courage To marry forgiveness When you have found the courage to marry Love.
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The tide of my love Has risen so high let me flood over You.
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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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The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
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People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.
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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.
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