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Wisdom Quotes by Hafez
- When all your desires are distilled; You will cast just two votes: To love more, And be happy.
- Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.
- The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days
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