Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.
HAFEZAn awake heart is like a sky that pours light.
More Hafez Quotes
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Grieve not because thou understand-not life’s mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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What we speak becomes the house we live in.
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There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.
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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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The only friends who are free from cares are the goblet of wine and a book. Give me wine…that I may for a time forget the cares of the world.
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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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There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.
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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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This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.
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I know the way you can get / When you have not had a drink of Love: / Your face hardens, / Your sweet muscles cramp. / Children become concerned / About a strange look that appears in your eyes / Which even begins to worry your own mirror / And nose.
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On the holy boughs of the Celestial Tree High up in the heavenly fields, Beyond terrestrial desire My soul-bird a warm nest has built.
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The tide of my love Has risen so high let me flood over You.
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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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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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