Hafez Quotes

Learn to recognize the counterfeit coins that may buy you just a moment of pleasure, But then drag you for days like a broken man behind a farting camel.

Happiness is right in front of you.

People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.

Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.

This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.

Not loving is a letting go. Listen, The terrain around here Is Far too Dangerous For That.

Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.

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.

Think of suffering as being washed.

Run my dear, From anything That may not strengthen Your precious budding wings.

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!

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.

Your life within God's arms, Your dance within God's arms, Is already Perfect!

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'.

Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains.

Strike the enemy's settlements, turn them into dust, pave the Arab roads with the skulls of Jews.

A mother is a school. Empower her; and you empower a great nation.

God and I have built an immense fire together. We keep each other happy and warm.

Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days

In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.

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 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.

Only a Perfect One who is always laughing at the word two can make you know of Love.

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.

Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.

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.

We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.

How Do I Listen to others? As if everyone were my Master Speaking to me His Cherished Last Words.

The tide of my love Has risen so high let me flood over You.

True art awakens the Extraordinary Ovation

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.

You have actually waltzed with tremendous style, my sweet, O my sweet, crushed angel.

Grieve not because thou understand-not life's mystery; behind the veil is concealed many a delight.

Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.

Love is simply creation's greatest joy.

Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.

Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.

Come Dance with Me , come dance.

I am a hole in a flute that the Christ's breath moves through. Listen to this music.

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.

There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.

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.

The world is a bride of surpassing beauty-but remember that this maiden is never bound to anyone.

We don't need sugar, flour or rice or anything else. We just want to see our dear ones.

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.

Every desire of your body is holy; Every desire of your body is Holy.

Now I am dedicating that life to campaigning against the death penalty and raising awareness about human rights.

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?

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.

How seek the way which leadeth to our wishes? By renouncing our wishes. The crown of excellence is renunciation.