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.
HAFEZThere is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.
More Hafez Quotes
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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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Run my dear, From anything, That may not strengthen, Your precious budding wings.
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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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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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Happiness is right in front of you.
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The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
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I 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.
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This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.
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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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I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’
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The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.
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There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.
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The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.
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When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.
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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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