Top 120 Hafez Quotes (2024 Update)
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101. “Happiness is right in front of you.”

— Hafez

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

— Hafez

103. “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.”

— Hafez

104. “Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship, since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters.”

— Hafez

105. “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.”

— Hafez

106. “Poetry reveals that there is no empty space.”

— Hafez

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

— Hafez

108. “Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.”

— Hafez

109. “There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.”

— Hafez

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

— Hafez

111. “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.”

— Hafez

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

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

— Hafez

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

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115. “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.”

— Hafez

116. “All these words are just a front. What I would really like to do is chain you to my body, then sing for days and days and days.”

— Hafez

117. “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.”

— Hafez

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

— Hafez

119. “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?”

— Hafez

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

— Hafez

121. “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.”

— Hafez

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

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123. “At daybreak on the fortieth day, the archangel Gabriel appeared before Hafiz and told him to ask for whatever he wished. Hafiz had never seen such a glorious, radiant being as Gabriel. He found himself thinking, “If God’s messenger is so beautiful, how much more beautiful must God be!” Gazing on the unimaginable splendor of God’s angel, Hafiz forgot all about the girl, his wish, everything. He said, “I want God!”

— Hafez

124. “Hafiz tells us that Love’s Journey unfolds through every process of life. Divine principles are constantly being demonstrated all around us. We cannot learn them through words or books or limited systems of human values. Hafiz says God is fully known only through love, which accepts everything. Love reveals the Universe as a cosmic playground where every thing and being participates in a single, magnificent Game.”

— Hafez

125. “Art is the conversation between lovers. Art offers an opening for the heart. True art makes the divine silence in the soul Break into applause.”

— Hafez

126. “I have enough of loss, enough of gain.”

— Hafez

127. “Why does the most exquisite rose have the sharpest thorns.”

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128. “Look what happens with a love like that. It lights the whole sky.”

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129. “He was so slim, his heart was visible.”

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130. “The idea that a human being can achieve “perfect love” or “perfect knowing” may seem extraordinary, yet it is a belief shared by most spiritual systems.”

— Hafez