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.
HAFEZWhen no one is looking, I swallow deserts and clouds and chew on mountains knowing they are sweet bones! When no one is looking and I want to kiss God, I just lift my own hand to my mouth.
More Hafez Quotes
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Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
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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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Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.
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Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?
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One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.
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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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We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
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Remember for just one minute of the day, it would be best to try looking upon yourself more as God does, for She knows your true royal nature.
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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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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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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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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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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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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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