Hafez Quotes

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.

Blessed are those who give without remembering. And blessed are those who take without forgetting.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

He who loves with purity considers not the gift of the lover, but the love of the giver.

No one perfectly loves God who does not perfectly love some of his creatures.

Caretaking is different from care giving. Care giving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached. It cannot be manipulated or discouraged because love cannot be manipulated or discouraged.

The giving of love is an education in itself.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

When people do things for you, it's because they want to - because you, in some way, give them something meaningful that makes them want to please you, not because anyone owes you anything.

Give a little love to a child, and you get a great deal back.

A bell's not a bell 'til you ring it, A song's not a song 'til you sing it, Love in your heart wasn't put there to stay, Love isn't love 'til you give it away!

As we give presents at Christmas, we need to recognize that sharing our time and ourselves is such an important part of giving.

If you give what can be taken, you are not really giving. Take what you are given, not what you want to be given. Give what cannot be taken.

All we will ever know and share about love, humility, compassion, and sacrifice - the secrets that will reveal and then resolve old sorrows - awaits us within ourselves.

Caregiving has no second agendas or hidden motives. The care is given from love for the joy of giving without expectation, no strings attached.

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

Christmas is the spirit of giving without a thought of getting. It is happiness because we see joy in people. It is forgetting self and finding time for others. It is discarding the meaningless and stressing the true values.

He who gives love, receives love.

Joy is prayer; joy is strength: joy is love; joy is a net of love by which you can catch souls.

Beginning today, treat everyone you meet as if they were going to be dead by midnight. Extend to them all the care, kindness and understanding you can muster, and do it with no thought of any reward. Your life will never be the same again.

The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.

Life is precious and time is a key element. Let's make every moment count and help those who have a greater need than our own.