Simple

Hafez

2012-02-01T02:02:00.002Z

I
Have
Learned
So much from God
That I can no longer
Call
Myself
A Christian, a Hindu, a Muslim
A Buddhist, a Jew.
The Truth has shared so much of itself
With me
That I can no longer call myself
A man, a woman, an angel
Or even pure
Soul.
Love has
Befriended Hafiz so completely
It has turned to ash
And freed
Me
Of every concept and image
My mind has ever known.

Rumi

2012-01-07T01:10:00.005Z

Either give me more wine or leave me alone.

I believe...

2011-12-01T23:28:00.005Z

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.

Life...

2011-11-22T01:44:00.002Z

Your life is made up of years that mean nothing; Moments that mean all.

Go...

2011-10-01T03:15:00.003+01:00

It doesn't matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.

Rumi

2011-09-01T00:50:00.011+01:00

Be empty of worrying.
Think of who created thought!
Why do you stay in prison
When the door is so wide open?

شب قدر

2011-08-20T03:30:00.013+01:00

شبی کان دلبر عیار با ماست نه یک شب ، صد شب قدراست ما را

Beauties...

2011-08-01T02:27:00.003+01:00

Go sweep out the chamber of your heart.
Make it ready to be the dwelling place of the Beloved.
When you depart out, He will enter it.
In you, void of yourself, will He display His beauties.

Dignity

2011-07-17T00:35:00.003+01:00

Let not a man guard his dignity, but let his dignity guard him

Do not...

2011-06-23T14:21:00.003+01:00

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations. But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it.

The richest...

2011-06-01T02:01:00.007+01:00

The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.

not-so-subconscious

2011-05-14T15:00:00.004+01:00

when I'm complacently

resting on my laurels,

a dream is interjected
into my not-so-subconscious,
often not too subtly
giving me the awakening
that I needed

Awakened

2011-05-06T23:52:00.004+01:00

Awakened by your love,

I flicker like a candle's light

tryin to hold on in the dark.

Yet, you spare me no blows

and keep asking,

"Why do you complain?"

find...

2011-04-27T16:08:00.003+01:00

Out of clutter, find simplicity.
From discord, find harmony.
In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity

Values

2011-03-08T02:03:00.010Z

It's not hard to make decisions

when you know what your values are

Aziz Mian

2011-02-23T01:08:00.004Z

Give me a moment, I’ll get to your question.

It’s judgement day, so what’s the big hurry now?
Some wine first, I’ll render my accounts by and by

Love...

2011-02-11T02:30:00.008Z

I am He whom I love,

and He whom I love is I:

We are two spirits

dwelling in one body.

If thou seest me,

thou seest Him,

And if thou seest Him,

thou seest us both.

Life...

2011-02-01T20:19:00.005Z

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Be humble!

2011-01-22T00:59:00.002Z

Be humble.

Only fools take pride in their station here,

trapped in a cage of dust, moisture, heat and air.

No need to complain of calamities,

this illusion of a life lasts but a moment.

Beloved!

2011-01-14T07:13:00.009Z

If you are seeking closeness to the Beloved,

love everyone.
Whether in their presence or absence,
see only their good.
If you want to be as clear and refreshing as
the breath of the morning breeze,
like the sun, have nothing but warmth and light
for everyone.

In Each Breath!

2011-01-02T21:26:00.005Z

O you who have departed from your own self,

and who have not yet reached the Friend:
do not be sad, for
He is accompanying you in each of your breaths

Knowledge!

2010-12-06T16:23:00.002Z

The larger the island of knowledge, the longer the shoreline of mystery

the sun...

2010-11-22T00:35:00.003Z

If you shed tears when you miss the sun, you also miss the stars.

Do...

2010-10-12T23:57:00.002+01:00

Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try.

Mind!

2010-10-01T02:50:00.002+01:00

Ten thousand flowers in spring,

the moon in autumn,

a cool breeze in summer,

snow in winter.

If your mind isn't clouded

by unnecessary things,

this is the best season of your life.

Little I ask...

2010-09-03T02:14:00.004+01:00

Little I ask; my wants are few;
I only wish a hut of stone,

(A very plain brown stone will do,)

That I may call my own;

And close at hand is such a one,

In yonder street that fronts the sun.

Charlie Chaplin

2010-08-18T23:19:00.003+01:00

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Quite at rest

2010-08-04T20:37:00.003+01:00

Quite empty, quite at rest,

The Robin locks her Nest, and tries her Wings.
She does not know a Route

But puts her Craft about

For rumored Springs

She does not ask for Noon

She does not ask for Boon,

Crumbless and homeless, of but one request

The Birds she lost

Nietzsche

2010-07-03T05:17:00.005+01:00

No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself

Dream

2010-06-04T05:26:00.004+01:00

Follow your dream.

Take one step at a time and don't settle for less,

Just continue to climb.

Follow your dream.

If you stumble, don't stop and lose sight of your goal

Press to the top.

For only on top can we see the whole view,

Can we see what we've done and what we can do;

Can we then have the vision to seek something new,

Press on.

Follow your dream.

My brother...

2010-05-02T19:09:00.007+01:00

It was nice growing up with someone like you - someone to lean on, someone to count on... someone to tell on!

To see...

2010-04-21T17:34:00.010+01:00

Learn to see things backwards, inside out and upside down.

One minute ago!

2010-04-08T20:52:00.002+01:00

It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.

لاله گون

2010-03-17T00:07:00.004Z

حسن تو هميشه در فزون باد

رويت همه ساله لاله گون باد

اندر سر ما خيال عشقت

هر روز كه باد در فزون باد

دریای بی خورشید

2010-03-03T03:38:00.005Z

شناور سوی ساحل های ناپیدا

دو موج رهگذر بودیم

دو موج همسفر بودیم

گریز ما

نیاز ما

نشیب ما

فراز ما

شتاب شاد ما با هم

تلاش پاک ما توام

چه جنبش ها که ما را بود روی پرده دریا

شبی در گردبادی تند روی قله خیزاب

رها شد او ز آغوشم

جدا ماندم ز دامانش

گسست و ریخت مروارید بی پیوند مان بر آب

از آن پس در پی همزاد ناپیدا

بر این دریای بی خورشید

که روزی شب چراغش بود و می تابید

به هر ره می دوم نالان به هر سو می دوم تنها

Life

2010-02-23T02:59:00.002Z

Life is too short to be little

Meet again!

2010-02-15T01:49:00.003Z

We only part to meet again

تصویر تو

2010-02-03T03:56:00.003Z

به انتظار تصویر تو

این دفتر خالی

تاچند

تا چند

ورق خواهد خورد؟

Life!

2010-01-27T03:12:00.007Z

A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in,

A minute to smile and an hour to weep in,

A pint of joy to a peck of trouble,

And never a laugh but the moans come double;

And that is life!

A crust and a corner that love makes precious,

With a smile to warm and the tears to refresh us;

And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,

And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter;

And that is life!

!اما تو باور نکن

2010-01-21T01:40:00.002Z

نامه‌ام بايد کوتاه باشد
ساده باشد
بی حرفی از ابهام و آينه
از نو برايت می‌نويسم
حال همه‌ی ما خوب است
!اما تو باور نکن

When things go wrong!

2010-01-17T21:08:00.004Z

When things go wrong as they sometimes will;

When the road you're trudging seems all uphill;

When the funds are low, and the debts are high

And you want to smile, but have to sigh;

When care is pressing you down a bit-
Rest if you must, but do not quit.

بی تابانه

2010-01-12T03:09:00.004Z

چه بی تابانه می خواهمت ای دوریت آزمون تلخ زنده به گوری

... چه بی تابانه تو را طلب می کنم

Helping...

2010-01-04T00:28:00.004Z

If I can stop one heart from breaking,

I shall not live in vain;

If I can ease one life the aching,

Or cool one pain,

Or help one fainting robin

Unto his nest again,

I shall not live in vain.

Two legacies

2009-12-16T02:04:00.003Z

You left me, sweet, two legacies,

A legacy of love

A Heavenly Father would content,

Had He the offer of;

You left me boundaries of pain

Capacious as the sea,
Between eternity and time,

Your consciousness and me.

How...

2009-12-10T23:39:00.011Z

How do I keep melancholy from my door,

When in this beating heart sadness lies forlorn?

Should I fly to the daily happenings,

And escape from this darkened lonely room?

No surgeon could remove the damage done,

Or replace it with the joy I once knew.

Happiness, like time, is so fleeting,

And when it is gone you cannot renew.

No tomorrows can lift this burdens weight

That wraps around me like sorrows old clothes.

My eyes no longer find the tears within,

Or see the beauty in a full bloomed rose.

The cloak of despair tries to cover me,

As if to bury me in my anguish.

Leaving no relief from this burning pain,

That I could ever in life extinguish.

Lonely...

2009-12-04T19:53:00.003Z

و آنگاه که می پندارم

هرگز دگر بار تو را نخواهم دید

اشکهای اندوه من فرو میریزند

و آنگاه در چشم من این زندگی

چه بی مقدار جلوه میکند

رو سر بنه به بالین تنها مرا رها کن

2009-11-23T16:10:00.004Z

رو سر بنه به بالین تنها مرا رها کن
ترک من خراب شب گرد مبتلا کن
ماییم و موج سودا شب تا به روز تنها
خواهی بیا ببخشا خواهی برو جفا کن
از من گریز تا تو هم در بلا نیفتی
بگزین ره سلامت ترک ره بلا کن
ماییم و آب دیده در کنج غم خزیده
بر آب دیده ما صد جای آسیا کن
خیره کشی است ما را دارد دلی چو خارا
بکشد کسش نگوید تدبیر خونبها کن
بر شاه خوبرویان واجب وفا نباشد
ای زردروی عاشق تو صبر کن وفا کن
دردی است غیر مردن آن را دوا نباشد
پس من چگونه گویم کاین درد را دوا کن
در خواب دوش پیری در کوی عشق دیدم
با دست اشارتم کرد که عزم سوی ما کن
گر اژدهاست بر ره عشقی است چون زمرد
از برق این زمرد هی دفع اژدها کن

You can...

2009-11-19T21:41:00.002Z

You can shed tears that he is gone,

or you can smile because he has lived.

You can close your eyes and pray that he'll come back,

or you can open your eyes and see all he's left.

Your heart can be empty because you can't see him,

or you can be full of the love you shared.

You can turn your back on tomorrow and live yesterday,

or you can be happy for tomorrow because of yesterday.

You can remember him only that he is gone,

or you can cherish his memory and let it live on.

You can cry and close your mind,

be empty and turn your back.

Or you can do what he'd want:

smile, open your eyes, love and go on.

My Brother...

2009-11-09T02:57:00.008Z

From day one all we did was fight,

now all I do is fight back my tears.

I wanted to do everything you did,

because I wanted to be just like you.

Now I sit here wondering what to do,

because there's no one to replace you.

I never did tell you all the things I felt,

like how much I really did love you.

I wish we could go back and start over again.

I don't want to be alone. I need my brother,

I need my best friend.

When you think of me while you are up in heaven,

Think of how much you meant to me.

Its sad that you leftwithout saying goodbye,

But just remember we all love you as you began to fly.

You did so much for me,

as I didn't do much for you.

I hope you will forgive me,

for all the things I didn't do

You were my brother and my best friend.

I will always love you no matter how long its been,

since your life came to an end.

To Understand

2009-10-04T16:32:00.004+01:00

We can sometimes love what we do not understand, but it is impossible completely to understand what we do not love.

Excellence

2009-08-07T01:54:00.004+01:00

Excellence is not a skill. It is an attitude.

Change...

2009-07-12T01:10:00.004+01:00

If you're in a bad situation, don't worry it'll change.

If you're in a good situation, don't worry it'll change.

too high!

2009-06-01T02:23:00.005+01:00

Come to the edge.
We might fall.

Come to the edge.

It's too high!

Come to the edge!

And they came,

and he pushed,

and they flew.

Easy!

2009-05-16T23:08:00.004+01:00

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from easy.

Love came...

2009-05-01T01:44:00.005+01:00

Love came

flowed like blood

beneath skin,

through veins

emptied me of my self

filled me

with the Beloved

till every limb

every organ was seized

and occupied till only

my name remains.

the rest is It.

Robin

2009-04-18T04:01:00.002+01:00

Quite empty, quite at rest,

The Robin locks her Nest, and tries her Wings.

She does not know a Route

But puts her Craft about

For rumored Springs

She does not ask for Noon

She does not ask for Boon,

Crumbless and homeless, of but one request

The Birds she lost

True love

2009-04-13T15:56:00.006+01:00

If I could hold love in my hand

To help you see and understand

The love I have shaped in a mold

Is again about to unfold

For you my queen it is like gold

True love is new love never old.

Spring

2009-03-20T04:48:00.007Z

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.

T. S. Eliot

2009-02-14T14:07:00.006Z

And all shall be well
And all manner of things shall be well.
Wehn the tongues of flame are in-folded
Into the crowned knot of fire,
And the fire and the rose are one.

The Last Leaf

2009-01-20T00:24:00.003Z

And if I should live to be

The last leaf upon the tree

In the spring,

Let them smile, as I do now,

At the old forsaken bough

Where I cling.

I was taught...

2008-12-03T21:00:00.005Z

I was taught that if you see a person drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not.

"Faith"

2008-11-15T16:19:00.004Z

"Faith" is a fine invention

When Gentlemen can see

But Microscopes are prudent

In an Emergency.

Freedom

2008-10-28T01:31:00.005Z

Give me freedom to fly without a shadow,

Give me freedom to sing without an echo,

and to love without leaving traces.

Education!

2008-10-09T22:42:00.003+01:00

Without education we are in a horrible and deadly danger of taking educated people seriously.

William Butler Yeats

2008-09-04T22:37:00.005+01:00

Wine comes in at the mouth

And love comes in at the eye;
That's all we shall know for truth
Before we grow old and die.
I lift the glass to my mouth,
I look at you, and I sigh.

Robert Frost

2008-08-09T01:39:00.002+01:00

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,

But I have promises to keep,

And miles to go before I sleep,

And miles to go before I sleep.

قیامت

2008-08-03T03:23:00.005+01:00

قیامت قامت و قامت قیامت

قیامت می کند این قد و قامت

موذن گر ببیند قامتت را

به " قد قامت" بماند تا قیامت

Babatunde Olatunji

2008-07-13T03:00:00.006+01:00

Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift: That's why we call it the Present.

J. Tolkien

2008-07-01T04:30:00.002+01:00

All that is gold does not glitter,

Not all those who wander are lost

The old that is strong does not wither,

Deep roots are not reached by frost.

Difficulty

2008-06-18T23:59:00.004+01:00

The greater difficulty, the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests

Life is Life...

2008-06-08T19:30:00.004+01:00

When we all give the power

We all give the best

Every minute of an hour

Don't think about the rest

And you all get the power

You all get the best

When everyone gets everything

And every song everybody sings

And it's life, Life is life, Life is life...

George Orwell

2008-05-14T02:26:00.003+01:00

All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.

Nietzsche

2008-04-13T04:45:00.003+01:00

You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.

Hallaj

2008-02-17T04:04:00.006Z

I am the One whom I love, and the One whom I love is myself.

We are two souls incarnated in one body;

if you see me, you see Him,

if you see Him, you see us.

In life...

2008-01-23T19:22:00.000Z

In life, unlike chess, the game continues after checkmate

Ashura

2008-01-19T05:01:00.000Z

Zen!

2008-01-11T23:17:00.000Z

“ A student asked master Bankei
“ How can I cure my terrible temper?”
“Show it to me,” demanded Bankei,
“ I can’t just show it to you like that because it comes on unexpectedly.”
Explained the student. Bankei replied
“It is not your true nature, then. If it were it would be with you at all time.”

A Rainy Night In Paris

2007-12-04T02:44:00.000Z

It’s a rainy night in paris,

And the harbour lights are low.
He must leave his love in paris
Before the winter snow;
On a lonely street in paris
He held her close to say,"
we’ll meet again in paris
When there are flowers on the champs-elysees."
"how long" she said "how long,
And will your love be strong,
When you’re across the sea,
Will your heart remember me? ...
"Then she gave him words to turn to,
When the winter nights were long,
"nous serons encore amoureux
Avec les couleurs du printemps..."
"and then" she said "and then,
Our love will grow again."
Ah but in her eyes he sees
Her words of love are only words to please...
And now the lights of parisGrow dim and fade away,
And I know by the light of paris
I will never see her again...

William Blake

2007-11-25T12:57:00.000Z

To see a world in a grain of sand

And heaven in a wild flower
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.

Heart!

2007-10-27T00:39:00.000+01:00

Heart, we will forget him,
You and I, tonight!
You must forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.
When you have done pray tell me,
Then I, my thoughts, will dim.
Haste! ‘lest while you’re lagging
I may remember him!

Haiku

2007-10-17T22:26:00.000+01:00

He says a word,

and I say a word

autumn is deepening.

Decency

2007-10-02T01:04:00.000+01:00

Want of decency is want of sense

Mother

2007-09-19T01:20:00.000+01:00

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

Keep true

2007-09-07T22:01:00.000+01:00

Keep true, never be ashamed of doing right; decide on what you think is right, and stick to it

Buddha

2007-08-01T02:20:00.001+01:00

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.

I believe...

2007-07-22T05:37:00.000+01:00

I believe in dragons, fairies, good men and other mythical creatures!

First...

2007-07-14T03:23:00.000+01:00

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

Nazar Qabbani

2007-07-11T23:02:00.000+01:00

In the summer
I stretch out on the shore

And think of you

Had I told the sea

What I felt for you,

It would have left its shores,

Its shells,

Its fish,

And followed me.

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

2007-07-08T01:01:00.000+01:00

Come, come, whoever you are.
Wonderer, worshipper, lover of leaving.
It doesn't matter.
Ours is not a caravan of despair.
Come, even if you have broken your vow
a thousand times
Come, yet again, come, come

Home!

2007-07-04T02:45:00.000+01:00

Home is pictures of memories on the wall.

Home is waking up to the smell of mom's cooking.

Home is a warm place to be.Home is sweet.Home is the place for me.

Home is filled with love.

Home is blessed from heaven above.

Home is where my heart is.Home has a strong foundation.

Home is where I belong.

When I go away,I know I can come back to stay.

Home is a beautiful place.

hey!

2007-07-02T19:01:00.000+01:00

hey, smile, click, thanks, you are done.
hey, smile, click, thanks, you are one.

hey, smile, click, thanks, you are gone.

hey, smile, click, thanks, you're welcome.

Great friends!

2007-06-27T19:46:00.000+01:00

Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.

Woman!

2007-06-24T02:34:00.000+01:00

In politics, if you want anything said ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman.

Abu Saeed Abil Kheir

2007-06-20T00:48:00.000+01:00

If you do not give up the crowds

you won't find your way to Oneness.

If you do not drop yourself

you won't find your true worth.

If you do not offer all you have to the Beloved,

you will live this life free of that pain which makes it worth living.

Question

2007-06-14T06:32:00.000+01:00

Look at all the sentences which seem true and question them.

Act!

2007-06-11T02:23:00.000+01:00

Act as if it were impossible to fail.

Job!

2007-06-07T18:40:00.000+01:00

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.A., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don't have a J.O.B.

A soul!

2007-06-04T02:55:00.000+01:00

The depth of a soul is not measured by what appears on the surface

Smile

2007-06-01T00:17:00.000+01:00

Smile...

Border!

2007-05-29T00:30:00.000+01:00

The love of one's country is a splendid thing.

But why should love stop at the border?