Hafiz

Sufi Poet Persian 1315 – 1390

Persian Sufi poet; mystical poetry celebrated throughout Islamic world.

384 quotes

"The earth laughs in flowers."
Nature
"All I have is a divine sense of humor."
Humor
"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."
Love
"Don't go back to sleep. The world is too beautiful for that."
Motivation
"We are the union of insanity and prayer."
Faith
"Every word is a god. Every word has wings."
Art
"There is a candle in your heart, ready to be kindled. There is a void in your soul, ready to be filled."
Inspiration
"I have become alive because I have loved."
Relationships
"You are a mirror of the divine beauty. Be astonished by your own radiance."
Beauty
"The Lord is in all people, but all people are not in the Lord. That is the difference."
Knowledge
"I am here to change the rules. I came into this world to be wild."
Change
"You were born with wings. Why do you prefer to crawl?"
Adventure
"Lift your words and writings before the mirror of the heart. If they would please you there, know that they will gladden the hearts of others."
Kindness
"Every cell in your body is made of cosmic dust. You are not insignificant; you are a universe."
Science
"The art of knowing is in knowing what to ignore."
Education
"I saw myself in the mirror, and I wept. My soul spoke to me in a language I could finally understand."
Solitude
"Patience is not the ability to wait, but to keep a good attitude while waiting."
Patience
"The gardener must tend the garden of your mind; otherwise weeds of despair will take root."
Happiness
"You have been hiding behind the thick veils of your own making. Come out and play."
Imagination
"The shadow proves the sunshine. Do not be afraid of the darkness."
Fear
"God is a poet, not an accountant."
Philosophy
"I learned that every human heart is a music that only another human heart can understand."
Music
"Let the beauty of what you love be what you do."
Success
"This is a holy space where God and I negotiate for the human soul."
Leadership
"Death is the soul's honeymoon with eternity."
Death
"You are the universe expressing itself as a human being. Know thyself."
Truth
"The greatest knowledge is knowing the sweetness of this moment."
Knowledge
"Don't search for paradise. It is already within you, waiting to bloom."
Life
"I wish I could show you how small your worries are compared to the vastness of what you can become."
Hope
"Every saint was once a sinner. Every wise person was once a fool."
Wisdom