Quote of the Week: Hafiz

Manic Screaming

We should make all spiritual talk
Simple today:

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!

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Khwāja Shams-ud-Dīn Muhammad Hāfez-e Shīrāzī (also known as Hafiz, was a fourteenth century Persian poet.

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Poem from I Heard God Laughing: Renderings of Hafiz by Daniel Ladinsky

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