Top 135 Quotes & Sayings by Hafez - Page 2
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Last updated on December 20, 2024.
Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?
The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this... and the Ocean does that.
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.
Laugh because that is the purest sound.
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.
Let's get loose with Compassion. Let's drown in the delicious ambience of Love.
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.
Whatis the root of all these words?
One thing: Love.
But a love so deep and sweet it needed to express itself with scents, sounds, colors that never before existed.
This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.
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.
The tide of my love
Has risen so high let me flood
over
You.
Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.
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.
It is not easy to stop thinking ill of others.Usually one must enter into a friendship with a person who has accomplished that great feat himself.Then something might start to rub off on you of that true elegance.
Fear is the cheapest room in the house.
Come Dance with Me , come dance.
We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.
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.
Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.
True art awakens the
Extraordinary
Ovation
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?
I rarely let the word NO escape from my mouth, because it is so plain to my soul that God has shouted, Yes! Yes! Yes! To every luminous movement in existence.
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.
We don't need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.
Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.
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.
Light will someday split you open
Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.
Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.
Happiness is right in front of you.
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!
Run my dear,
From anything
That may not strengthen
Your precious budding wings.
How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words.
Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days
Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.
There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.
Grieve not because thou understand-not life's mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.
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.
In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.
Your life within God's arms, Your dance within God's arms, Is already Perfect!
Love is simply creation's greatest joy.
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'.
How seek the way which leadeth to our wishes? By renouncing our wishes. The crown of excellence is renunciation.
I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through. Listen to this music.
What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!
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."
There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.
The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.
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.
God and I have built an immense fire together. We keep each other happy and warm.
You have actually waltzed with tremendous style, my sweet, O my sweet, crushed angel.
Come in, my dearFrom that harsh worldThat has rained elements of stoneUpon your tender face.Every soulShould receive a toast from usFor bravery!
Be content with what thou hast received, and smooth thy frowning forehead, for the door of choice is not open either to thee or me.
Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.
There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.
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.
Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains.
Every desire of your body is holy;
Every desire of your body is
Holy.
Not loving is a letting go.
Listen,
The terrain around here
Is
Far too
Dangerous
For
That.
Only a Perfect One who is always laughing at the word two can make you know of Love.
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