Quotes from Hafiz
Slipping on my shoes, boiling water, toasting bread, buttering the sky: that should be enough contact with God in one day to make anyone crazy.
—Hafiz
I am glad that my master lived in a one-story house when I began to traverse the early stages of love. For when he would speak of the wonders and the beauty of creation, I could not control my happiness and would commence a dance that most always resulted in a dive, head first, out of his window. And you only broke your big nose seventeen times.
—Hafiz
God is trying to sell you something, but you don't want to buy. That is what your suffering is: your fantastic haggling, your manic screaming over the price!
—Hafiz
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.
—Hafiz
Ever since happiness heard your name, it has been running through the streets trying to find you.
—Hafiz
With love, even the rocks will open.
—Hafiz