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.
HAFEZListen; 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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How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.
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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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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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Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
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Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.
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You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.
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Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.
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Speak but little, and that little only when thy own purposes require it. Heaven has given thee two ears but only one tongue, which means: listen to two things, but be not the first to propose one.
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Remember for just one minute of the day, it would be best to try looking upon yourself more as God does, for She knows your true royal nature.
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The Truth has shared so much of Itself with me That I can no longer call myself A man, a woman, an angel, Or even pure Soul.
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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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Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
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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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There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office.
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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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