1. “This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.” – Hafez
2. “Think of suffering as being washed.” – Hafez
3. “And still, after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, “You owe me.”” – Hafez
4. “He was so slim, his heart was visible.” – Hafez
5. “Carry your heart through this world like a life-giving sun.” – Hafez
6. “Thou learnest no secret until thou knowest friendship, since to the unsound no heavenly knowledge enters.” – Hafez
7. “For a day, just for one day, talk about that which disturbs no one and bring some peace into those beautiful eyes.” – Hafez
8. “Now that your worry has proved such an unlucrative business, why not find a better job?” – Hafez
9. “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
10. “Stay close to anything that makes you glad to be alive.” – Hafez
11. “It is all just a big love contest, and I never lose.” – Hafez
12. “When all your desires are distilled, you will cast just two votes: to love more and be happy.” – Hafez
13. “I Have Learned so much from God That I can no longer call myself A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, A Buddhist, a Jew.” – Hafez
14. “And the poem will often respond by climbing onto a barroom table: then lifts its skirt, winks, causing the whole sky to fall.” – Hafez
15. “You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.” – Hafez
16. “What is it to you whether I am virtuous or a sinner? Busy yourself with yourself!” – Hafez
17. “The heart is a thousand stringed instrument that can only be tuned with love.” – Hafez
18. “Look what happens with a love like that; it lights the whole sky.” – Hafez
19. “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.” – Hafez
20. “Everyone is God speaking. Why not be polite and listen to Him?” – Hafez
21. “Grieve not; though the journey of life be bitter, and the end unseen, there is no road which does not lead to an end.” – Hafez
22. “True art awakens the Extraordinary Ovation” – Hafez
23. “Time is a factory where everyone slaves away earning enough love to break their own chains.” – Hafez
24. “There is no pleasure without a tincture of bitterness.” – Hafez
25. “There is an ambush everywhere from the army of accidents; therefore the rider of life runs with loosened reins.” – Hafez
26. “The tide of my love Has risen so high let me flood over You.” – Hafez
27. “Sing because this is a food our starving world needs. Laugh because that is the purest sound.” – Hafez
28. “Plant a Seed so your Heart will Grow.” – Hafez
29. “How seamless seemed love and then came trouble!” – Hafez
30. “Only heart to heart can speak the bliss of mystic knowers.” – Hafez
31. “Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.” – Hafez
32. “All happenings needed to be; accept that, my dear. Ask for any forgiveness one more time if you must ask for forgiveness one more time if you must. Then move on to your glory and sublime reign.” – Hafez
33. “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.” – Hafez
34. “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.” – Hafez
35. “Light will someday split you open.” – Hafez
36. “On the neck of a young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise.” – Hafez
37. “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
38. “What we speak becomes the house we live in.” – Hafez
39. “Greatness is always built upon this foundation: The ability to appear, speak, and act as the most common man.” – Hafez
40. “Not loving is a letting go. Listen, The terrain around here Is Far too Dangerous For That.” – Hafez
41. “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.” – Hafez
42. “I have no use for divine patience – My lips are now burning and everywhere. I am running from every corner of this earth and sky Wanting to kiss you.” – Hafez
43. “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.” – Hafez
44. “Love is simply creation’s greatest joy.” – Hafez
45. “I wish I could show you when you are lonely or in darkness the astonishing light of your own being” – Hafez
46. “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
47. “For I have learned that every heart will get what it prays for most.” – Hafez
48. “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.” – Hafez
49. “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.” – Hafez
50. “All your wounds from craving love exist because of heroic deeds.” – Hafez
51. “We have not come here to take prisoners But to surrender ever more deeply To freedom and joy.” – Hafez
52. “I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, ‘love lifts me.’” – Hafez
53. “The great religions are the ships, Poets the life boats. Every sane person I know has jumped overboard.” – Hafez
54. “I know you have a hundred complex cases against God in court, but never mind, let’s just get out of this mess.” – Hafez
55. “Come, for the House of Hope is built on sand: bring wine, for the fabric of life is as weak as the wind.” – Hafez
56. “What happens when your soul begins to awake in this world?” – Hafez
57. “Love sometimes wants to do us a great favor: hold us upside down and shake all the nonsense out.” – Hafez
58. “This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings.” – Hafez
59. “We have come into this exquisite world to experience ever and ever more deeply our divine courage, freedom and light.” – Hafez
60. “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.” – Hafez
61. “Run my dear, From anything That may not strengthen Your precious budding wings.” – Hafez
62. “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.” – Hafez
63. “Why does the most exquisite rose have the sharpest thorns.” – Hafez
64. “All the false notions of myself that once caused fear, and pain have turned to ash as I neared God.” – Hafez
65. “Let tenderness pour from your eyes, the way sun gazes warmly on earth.” – Hafez
66. “There are different wells within your heart. Some fill with each good rain, Others are far too deep for that.” – Hafez
67. “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.” – Hafez
68. “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
69. “Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.” – Hafez
70. “Love is the funeral pyre where I have laid my living body.” – Hafez
71. “I am a hole in the flute that the Christ’s breath moves through; listen to this music.” – Hafez
72. “Words have no language which can utter the secrets of love; and beyond the limits of expression is the expounding of desire.” – Hafez
73. “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.” – Hafez
74. “I am happy even before I have a reason.” – Hafez
75. “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.” – Hafez
76. “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.” – Hafez
77. “Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.” – Hafez
78. “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.” – Hafez
79. “And even though the drunkenness of love has ruined me, my being’s built upon those ruins for eternity.” – Hafez
80. “Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light…And let it breathe.” – Hafez
81. “I caught the happy virus last night When I was out singing beneath the stars. It is remarkably contagious – So kiss me.” – Hafez
82. “This was also a method of “signing” the poem, as one might sign a letter to a friend, or a painting.” – Hafez
83. “An awake heart is like a sky that pours light.” – Hafez
84. “What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts? It is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!” – Hafez
85. “People say that the soul, on hearing the song of creation, entered the body, but in reality the soul itself was the song.” – Hafez
86. “I have enough of loss, enough of gain.” – Hafez
87. “Join me in the pure atmosphere of gratitude for life.” – Hafez
88. “Don’t surrender your loneliness so quickly. Let it cut you more deeply. Let it ferment and season you as few human and even divine ingredients can. Something missing in my heart tonight has made my eyes so soft, my voice so tender, my need for God absolutely clear.” – Hafez
89. “Laugh because that is the purest sound.” – Hafez
90. “For as you talk of God, I see great parades with wildly colorful bands streaming from your mind and heart, carrying wonderful and secret messages to every corner of this world.” – Hafez
91. “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.” – Hafez
92. “Happiness is right in front of you.” – Hafez
93. “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!” – Hafez
94. “The world is like an eye, a beard, a spot of beauty and eyebrow, Where each thing is neatly in place.” – Hafez
95. “Sometimes I say to a poem, “I don’t have the strength to wring out another drop of the sun.” – Hafez
96. “Start seeing everything as God, But keep it a secret.” – Hafez
97. “In time of trouble avert not thy face from hope, for the soft marrow abideth in the hard bone.” – Hafez
98. “What drunkenness is this that brings me hope” – Hafez
99. “Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.” – Hafez
100. “There are moments in moist love where Heaven is jealous of what we on Earth can do” – Hafez
101. “Now is the time to know that all that you do is sacred.” – Hafez
102. “We are people who need to love, because love is the soul’s life, love is simply creation’s greatest joy.” – Hafez
103. “Dear Ones, Beware of the tiny gods frightened men Create To bring anesthetic relief to their sad days” – Hafez
104. “Let’s get loose with compassion; let’s drown in the delicious ambiance of love.” – Hafez
105. “Your separation from God is the hardest work you will ever do.” – Hafez