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!

Your love Should never be offered to the mouth of a Stranger, Only to someone Who has the valor and daring To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife Then weave them into a blanket To protect you.

Stay close to anything that makes you glad you are alive.

I once asked a bird, how is it that you fly in this gravity of darkness? She responded, 'love lifts me.'

I wish I could show you...the astonishing light of your own being.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

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.

Your heart and my heart are very, very old friends.

Be kind to your sleeping heart. Take it out into the vast fields of light...And let it breathe.

This place where you are right now, God circled on a map for you.

You yourself are your own obstacle, rise above yourself.

I like a puzzle, as you know. So does every scholar worth his salt. It's the reward of the business, to look history in the eye and say, 'I know who you are. You can't fool me'.

The price we pay for the anticipation of our future is anxiety about it.

Men are men they needs must err.

Oh Tigger, where are your manners?" "I don’t know, but I bet they’re having more fun than I am.

There's a great quote by Julius Irving that went, 'Being a professional is doing the things you love to do, on the days you don't feel like doing them.'

You know, I'm from the Midwest, man - that shapes my personality much more than having gone to Harvard.

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being. -Henri

Heaven doesn't laugh. It just smiles and stares.

Make no mistake, tax cheaters cheat us all, and the IRS should enforce our laws to the letter.

I must go, not only to those who need me, but to those who need me most.