We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
HAFEZThe lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
More Hafez Quotes
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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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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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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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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 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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Light will someday split you open.
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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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This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.
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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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Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child’s training wheels to be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.
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Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.
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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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Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light…And let it breathe.
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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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There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.
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