I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’
HAFEZStart seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
More Hafez Quotes
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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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The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
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Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.
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Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days.
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Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.
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I should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere in this world – Something good will happen.
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We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!
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Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.
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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.
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Happiness is right in front of you.
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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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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.
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Your life within God’s arms, Your dance within God’s arms, Is already Perfect!
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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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How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words.
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God disguised as myriad things, and playing a game of tag has kissed you and said, “You’re it. I mean you’re really it. Now it does not matter what you believe or feel. For something wonderful, something major-league wonderful, is someday going to happen.”
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There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office.
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What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.
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Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.
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The small man builds cages for everyone he knows While the sage, who has to duck his head when the moon is low, Keeps dropping keys all night long For the beautiful rowdy prisoners.
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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work.- Robert Frost Now that all your worry has proved such an unattractive business – why not find a better job?
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What we speak becomes the house we live in.
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Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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