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.
HAFEZListen; 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.
HAFEZWhat do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.
HAFEZBe kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light…And let it breathe.
HAFEZWoe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
HAFEZPlant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
HAFEZThe heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.
HAFEZLearn 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.
HAFEZEveryone, 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.
HAFEZI am happy even before I have a reason.
HAFEZTrue art awakens the Extraordinary Ovation.
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.
HAFEZA poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth.
HAFEZSing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.
HAFEZWe don’t need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.
HAFEZFor I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most.
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.
HAFEZ