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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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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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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Tis writ on Paradise’s gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
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Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
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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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True art awakens the Extraordinary Ovation.
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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
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You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.
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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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Let’s get loose with Compassion. Let’s drown in the delicious ambience of Love.
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When 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.
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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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