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.
HAFEZWhat we speak becomes the house we live in.
More Hafez Quotes
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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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I wish I could show you the astonishing light of your own being.
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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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I rarely let the word NO escape from my mouth, because it is so plain to my soul that God has shouted, Yes! Yes! Yes! To every luminous movement in existence.
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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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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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I do not feel like writing verses; but as I light my perfume burner with myrrh and jasmine incense, they suddenly burgeon from my heart, like flowers in a garden.
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Pulling out the chair beneath your mind And watching you fall upon God What else is there for Hafiz to do that is any fun in this world!
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Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
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Run my dear, From anything, That may not strengthen, Your precious budding wings.
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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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The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.
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We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!
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The tide of my love Has risen so high let me flood over You.
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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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How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words.
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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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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.
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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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What 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.
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In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
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A poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth.
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Let’s get loose with Compassion. Let’s drown in the delicious ambience of Love.
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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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