Tao Te Ching
Hafiz خواجه شمسالدین محمد حافظ شیرازی
(Hafez, Shams-ud-Dīn Muḥammad)
1315 – 1394 CE
Inspiring friend to the true and free human spirit
Mystic poet, “tongue of the invisible,” living oracle, “a poet for poets,” one of the world’s best spiritual friends and guides; Hafiz wrote poems that dissolve the walls separating people from each other, from nature, and from sacred awareness. For centuries readers in the Persian world have used him as a kind of I Ching or astrology to find practical, personal, and wise advice for the quandaries of daily life. Even Queen Victoria is rumored to have used his poems in this way. Although a Sufi in the Islamic traditions, Hafiz obviously goes far beyond and kind of sectarian fixation and exposes a true realization of universal truth, the perennial philosophy, and authentic, sacred-world living.
Eras
Western
Renaissance (1304 – 1576 CE)Unlisted Sources
I Heard God Laughing
The Ear that was Sold to a Fish
Quotes by Hafiz (18 quotes)
“The voice of the river that has emptied into the Ocean
Now laughs and sings just like God.”
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“Let’s open all the locked doors upon our eyes…
Let’s turn loose our golden falcons so that they can meet in the sky
Let’s hold hands and get drunk near the sun”
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“I am a hole in a flute that the Christ’s breath moves through… I am the concert from the mouth of every Creature”
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“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.”
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“A poet is someone who can pour light into a cup,
Then raise it to nourish your beautiful parched, holy mouth.”
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“What is this precious love and laughter budding in our hearts?
Is is the glorious sound of a soul waking up!”
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“I weave light into words so that when your mind holds them
Your eyes will relinquish their sadness, turn bright a little brighter,
Giving to us the way a candle does in the dark.”
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“Any thought that you are better or less than another man
Quickly breaks the wine glass.”
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“I have learned so much from God that I can no longer call myself a Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim, a Buddhist, a Jew… a man, a woman, an angel, or even pure Soul.”
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“Even after all this time, the sun never says to the earth, ‘You owe Me.’”
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“Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.”
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“And when the Moon says, 'it is time to plant,' why not dance, dance and sing?”
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“Now lets get down to the real reason why we sit together and breathe
And begin the laughing, the divine laughing, like great heroic women and magnificent strong men.”
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“Complaint is only possible while living in the suburbs of God.”
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“My heart is a raging volcano of love for you...
Please start kissing me!”
from I Heard God Laughing
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“Art is a conversation between lovers.
True art makes the divine silence in the soul
Break into applause.”
from The Ear that was Sold to a Fish
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“All I know is Love,
And I find my heart Infinite
And Everywhere!”
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“Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.”
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Quotes about Hafiz (5 quotes)
“One of the greatest spiritual friends, lovers, and guides that humankind has ever known…for centuries, Hafiz has been a magnificent friend to the human spirit… a profound champion of freedom, he constantly encourages our hearts to dance”
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“A poet for poets, he fears nothing. He sees too far; he sees throughout; such is the only man I wish to … be.”
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“Hafiz shares his intoxication with the magic and beauty of divine life that pulsates everywhere around us and within us. He encourages us to celebrate even the most ordinary experience of life as precious divine gifts.”
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“Mystically pure, in his poetry Hafiz has inscribed undeniable truth indelibly… This is a madness I know—Hafiz has no peer.”
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“The mission of Hafiz was to express to a fanatical religious world that the presence of God is not to be found only in heaven, but also here on earth.”
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