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.
HAFEZStart seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.
More Hafez Quotes
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Every desire of your body is holy; Every desire of your body is Holy.
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Tis writ on Paradise’s gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
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The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this… and the Ocean does that.
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I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through. Listen to this music.
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Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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Come in, my dear from that harsh world that has rained elements of stone upon your tender face. Every soul should receive a toast from us for bravery!
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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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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.
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Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.
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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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Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them into a blanket To protect you.
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Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains.
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There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
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I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.
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You ache with loneliness one night so much you weep and I say ‘here is a rope tie it around me Hafiz will be your companion for life’.
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Not loving is a letting go. Listen, The terrain around here Is Far too Dangerous For That.
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What we speak becomes the house we live in.
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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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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
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Listen; this world is the lunatic’s sphere , Don’t always agree it’s real, Even with my feet upon it And the postman knowing my door My address is somewhere else.
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One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.
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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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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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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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