Everyone, whether he is self-denying or self-indulgent, is seeking after the Beloved. Every place may be the shrine of love, whether it be mosque or synagogue.
HAFEZYour separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.
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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Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
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Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.
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What we speak becomes the house we live in.
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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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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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Happiness is right in front of you.
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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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Do not surrender your grief so quickly Let it cut more deeply Let it ferment and season you As few human or divine ingredients can Something is missing in my heart tonight That has made my eyes so soft And my voice so tender And my need of God so absolutely clear.
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Let’s get loose with Compassion. Let’s drown in the delicious ambience of Love.
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How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words.
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Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun
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What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!
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I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let’s just get out of this mess.
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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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