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.
HAFEZThe beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this… and the Ocean does that.
More Hafez Quotes
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The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
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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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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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Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
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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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Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
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I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’
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Grieve not because thou understand-not life’s mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
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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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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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Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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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 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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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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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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