We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
HAFEZIt is not easy to stop thinking ill of others.Usually one must enter into a friendship with a person who has accomplished that great feat himself.Then something might start to rub off on you of that true elegance.
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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I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through. Listen to this music.
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Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
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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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When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.
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The tide of my love Has risen so high let me flood over You.
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If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, Calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth.
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The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even pure Soul.
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The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.
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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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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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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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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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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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