Happiness is right in front of you.
HAFEZI 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.
More Hafez Quotes
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Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
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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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God disguised as myriad things, and playing a game of tag has kissed you and said, “You’re it. I mean you’re really it. Now it does not matter what you believe or feel. For something wonderful, something major-league wonderful, is someday going to happen.”
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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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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.
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Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light…And let it breathe.
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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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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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We don’t need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.
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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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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this… and the Ocean does that.
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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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Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
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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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