Quotes from Hafez

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!

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

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

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

If at last thou attain the desire of thy life, Cast the world aside, yea, abandon it!

Oh Cup-bearer, set my glass afire with the light of wine!

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

Love is simply creation's greatest joy.

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

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.