I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’
HAFEZOn the holy boughs of the Celestial Tree High up in the heavenly fields, Beyond terrestrial desire My soul-bird a warm nest has built.
More Hafez Quotes
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A poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth.
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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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People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.
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For I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most.
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God and I have built an immense fire together. We keep each other happy and warm.
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Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.
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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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An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.
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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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All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days & days & days.
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Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!
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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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Come Dance with Me , come dance.
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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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Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days.
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