Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.
HAFEZIn time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
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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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!
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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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We don’t need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.
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The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
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I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.
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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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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.
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I know the way you can get / When you have not had a drink of Love: / Your face hardens, / Your sweet muscles cramp. / Children become concerned / About a strange look that appears in your eyes / Which even begins to worry your own mirror / And nose.
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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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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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There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office.
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Do not surrender your grief so quickly Let it cut more deeply Let it ferment and season you As few human or divine ingredients can Something is missing in my heart tonight That has made my eyes so soft And my voice so tender And my need of God so absolutely clear.
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