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.
HAFEZNow that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.
More Hafez Quotes
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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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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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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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Light will someday split you open.
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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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We don’t need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.
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Your life within God’s arms, Your dance within God’s arms, Is already Perfect!
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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days.
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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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Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.
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Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
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Think of suffering as being washed.
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Tis writ on Paradise’s gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
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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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