Hafez quotes

Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!

Laugh because that is the purest sound.

Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred... Now is the time for you to deeply compute the impossibility that there is anything but grace.

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.

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

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

Love is simply creation's greatest joy.

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.

The lips of the one I love are my perpetual pleasure.

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."

For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.

When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.

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

For I have learned that every heart will get What it prays for Most.

I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being.

Let's get loose with Compassion. Let's drown in the delicious ambience of Love.

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..”

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.

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

Listen; this world is the lunatic's sphere , Don't always agree it's real, Even with my feet upon it And the postman knowing my door My address is somewhere else.

I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious - So kiss me.

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

Now that all your worry has proved such an unlucrative business. Why not find a better job.

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

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.

Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

On the holy boughs of the Celestial Tree High up in the heavenly fields, Beyond terrestrial desire My soul-bird a warm nest has built.

Happiness is right in front of you.

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.

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

Admit something. Everyone you see, you say to them "Love me." Of course you do not do this out loud: Otherwise, Someone would call the cops. Still, though, think about this, This great pull in us to connect. Why not become the one Who lives with a full moon in each eye That is always saying, With that sweet moon Language What every other eye in this world Is dying to Hear?

Love sometimes gets tired of speaking sweetly and wants to rip to shreds all your erroneous notions of the truth that make you fight within yourself, dear one, and with others, causing the world to weep on too many fine days... The Beloved sometimes wants to do us a great favor: Hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.

There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.

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

Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house.

Come in, my dearFrom that harsh worldThat has rained elements of stoneUpon your tender face.Every soulShould receive a toast from usFor bravery!

Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.

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.

Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light...And let it breathe.

I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.

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

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 should not make any promises right now, But I know if you Pray Somewhere in this world - Something good will happen.

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.

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.

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

Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.

Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.

Everyone Is God speaking. Why not be polite and Listen to Him?

One regret dear world, that I am determined not to have when I am lying on my deathbed is that I did not kiss you enough.

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

An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.

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

A poet is someone Who can pour Light into a spoon, Then raise it To nourish Your beautiful parched, holy mouth.

What we speak becomes the house we live in.

We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light!

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.

I long for You so much I follow barefoot Your frozen tracks That are high in the mountains That I know are years old. I long for You so much I have even begun to travel Where I have never been before.

What do sad people have in common? It seems they have all built a shrine to the past and often go there and do a strange wail and worship. What is the beginning of Happiness? It is to stop being so religious like that.

The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this... and the Ocean does that.

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

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

I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let's just get out of this mess.

Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.

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

Do not surrender your grief so quickly Let it cut more deeply Let it ferment and season you As few human or divine ingredients can Something is missing in my heart tonight That has made my eyes so soft And my voice so tender And my need of God so absolutely clear.

It happens all the time in heaven, And some day It will begin to happen Again on earth - That men and women who are married, And men and men who are Lovers, And women and women Who give each other Light, Often will get down on their knees And while so tenderly Holding their lover's hand, With tears in their eyes, Will sincerely speak, saying, My dear, How can I be more loving to you; How can I be more kind?

Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.

What Happens What happens when your soul Begins to awaken Your eyes And your heart And the cells of your body To the great Journey of Love? First there is wonderful laughter And probably precious tears And a hundred sweet promises And those heroic vows No one can ever keep. But still God is delighted and amused You once tried to be a saint. What happens when your soul Begins to awake in this world To our deep need to love And serve the Friend? O the Beloved Will send you One of His wonderful, wild companions - Like Hafiz.

There is A madman inside of you Who is always running for office

There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.

All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.

Run my dear, from anything that may not strengthen your precious budding wings. Run like hell my dear, from anyone likely to put a sharp knife into the sacred, tender vision of your beautiful heart.

I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, 'love lifts me.'

'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!

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

I am happy even before I have a reason.

Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret

Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun

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

Oh, you who are trying to learn the marvel of Love through the copy book of reason, I'm very much afraid that you will never really see the point.

I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew. 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 a pure Soul. Love has befriended me so completely it has turned to ash and freed me of every concept and image my mind has ever known.

Come Dance with Me , come dance.

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'.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

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.

I have a thousand brilliant lies For the question: How are you? I have a thousand brilliant lies For the question: What is God? If you think that the Truth can be known From words, If you think that the Sun and the Ocean Can pass through that tiny opening Called the mouth, O someone should start laughing! Someone should start wildly Laughing Now!

Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.

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

You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.

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.

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

The Earth would die If the sun stopped kissing her.

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

The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.

The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.

What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.

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.

We are People who need to love, because Love is the soul's life, Love is simply creation's greatest joy.

Think of suffering as being washed.

Greatness is always built on this foundation: the ability to appear, speak and act, as the most common man.

Light will someday split you open

True art awakens the Extraordinary Ovation

How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all of its beauty? It felt the encouragement of Light against its being; otherwise we all remain too frightened.

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

The sun will stand as your best man And whistle When you have found the courage To marry forgiveness When you have found the courage to marry Love.

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

Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them into a blanket To protect you.

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.

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!

This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.