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.
HAFEZHappiness is right in front of you.
More Hafez Quotes
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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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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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Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
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Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
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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 Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.
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Run my dear, from anything that may not strengthen your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, from anyone likely to put a sharp knife into the sacred, tender vision of your beautiful heart.
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All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days.
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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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Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.
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How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.
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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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You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.
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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.
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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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For I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most.
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In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
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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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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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Tis writ on Paradise’s gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
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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.
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Think of suffering as being washed.
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It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket-as all things are-to return to God.
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You have actually waltzed with tremendous style, my sweet, O my sweet, crushed angel.
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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere in this world – Something good will happen.
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