Hafez Quotes
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You have actually waltzed with tremendous style, my sweet, O my sweet, crushed angel.
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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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I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.
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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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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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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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An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.
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Think of suffering as being washed.
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For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.
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You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.
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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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Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?
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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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I am in love with every church And mosque And temple And any kind of shrine Because I know it is there That people say the different names Of the One God.
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Light will someday split you open
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There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.
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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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Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.
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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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It is written on the gate of heaven: Nothing in existence is more powerful than destiny. And destiny brought you here, to this page, which is part of your ticket-as all things are-to return to God.
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If, like the prophet Noah, you have patience in the distress of the flood, Calamity turns aside, and the desire of a thousand years comes forth.
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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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Now is the time to understand That all your ideas of right and wrong Were just a child's training wheelsTo be laid aside When you finally live With veracity And love.
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Grieve not because thou understand-not life's mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
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There was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, “Nothing, I just helped him cry.²” “Even after all this time the sun never says to the earth “You owe me” Look what happens with a love like that, It lights the whole sky..”
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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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I am happy even before I have a reason.
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We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
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This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.
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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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