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.
HAFEZI am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there That people say the different names Of the One God.
More Hafez Quotes
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I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere in this world – Something good will happen.
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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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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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What is the root of all these words? One thing: Love. But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed.
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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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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.
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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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Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
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All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.
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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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The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.- Robert Frost Now that all your worry has proved such an unattractive business – why not find a better job?
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We are People who need to love, because Love is the soul’s life, Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.
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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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Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I’m very much afraid that you will never really see the point.
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