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.
HAFEZWe have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
More Hafez Quotes
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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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An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.
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Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
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The earth has disappeared beneath my feet, It fled from all my ecstasy. Now like a singing air creature I feel the rose keep opening.
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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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Tis writ on Paradise’s gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!
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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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There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office.
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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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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 Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.
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When you can make others laugh with jokes that belittle no one and your words always unite, Hafiz will vote for you to be God.
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This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.
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Happiness is right in front of you.
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Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.
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