We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
HAFEZHow 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.
More Hafez Quotes
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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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There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.
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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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What is the root of all these words? One thing: Love. But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed.
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This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.
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For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.
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It 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.
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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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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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I wish I could show you the astonishing light of your own being.
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Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.
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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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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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You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and I say ‘here is a rope tie it around me Hafiz will be your companion for life’.
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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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