There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
HAFEZCome, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
More Hafez Quotes
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Light will someday split you open.
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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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Not loving is a letting go. Listen, The terrain around here Is Far too Dangerous For That.
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This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.
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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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I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let’s just get out of this mess.
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Run my dear, From anything, That may not strengthen, Your precious budding wings.
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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child’s training wheels to be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.
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I rarely let the word NO escape from my mouth, because it is so plain to my soul that God has shouted, Yes! Yes! Yes! To every luminous movement in existence.
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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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Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun
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The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
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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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Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
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