Hafiz

"The lover carries the weight of the world and calls it light."

"What is death but a transition to a greater life?"

"The heart knows things the mind cannot fathom."

"I have learned to seek gold in the ashes of my sorrow."

"The divine is not distant. It dwells in your very breath."

"Hafiz says, 'Be fearless.' For fear is the greatest illusion."

"The world needs your light. Do not hide it."

"Love is not a feeling. It is a commitment of the soul."

"The heart's language is spoken in silence."

"What is the meaning of life? To love and be loved in return."

"The rose does not envy the thorn. Learn from this."

"Your soul is infinite. Do not confine it to small dreams."

"The lover and the beloved are ultimately one."

"I will show you how to dance with your shadows."

"The gift of life is not time, but the moments within time."

"What is true strength? It is gentleness coupled with resolve."

"The heart is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival, a joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor."

"I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing light of your own being."

"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."

"Let yourself be silently drawn by the strange pull of what you really love. It will not lead you astray."

"Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment."

"The wound is the place where the Light enters you."

"You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop."

"Dance, when you're broken open. Dance, if you've torn the bandage off. Dance in the middle of the fighting."

"This moment is a gift. That is why it is called the present."

"You carry within you a holiness that can transform the world, if you would only let it bloom."

"Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious."

"I belong to no religion. My religion is love."

"The Guest is inside you, and also inside me. You know the sprout is hidden inside the seed. We are all crop."

"Greed and caution are two different things."