Hafez Quotes

No expectations. Ask nothing, expect nothing and accept everything, and life is very well.

Perhaps this was the secret to being at peace: want nothing but what is given to you.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring.

Enjoy doing nothing, and you can enjoy doing anything. Enjoy having nothing, and you can enjoy whatever you have.

The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.

I think if you don't expect anything from the world, you'll have a lovely time.

The key is to be Zen-like and be happy with what one has.

A way of life that keeps saying 'Around the next corner, above the next step,' works against the natural order of things and makes it so difficult to be happy and good.

Be satisfied with what you have.

Without our stories, we are not only able to act clearly and fearlessly, we are also a friend, a listener. We are people living happy lives. We are appreciation and gratitude that have become as natural as breath itself. Happiness is the natural state for someone who knows that there's nothing to know and that we already have everything we need, right here now.

Life is easy, life is delightful. It's only hard on your illusions, your ambitions, your greed, your cravings.

You will never find happiness until you stop looking for it.

No matter how little a man has he will find that he will always settle for less.

The secret of contentment lay in ignoring many things completely.

The key to contentment was to never ask why; she had learned that long ago.

Contentment is the door to god. If one is contented, one has already arrived. And the meaning of contentment is absolute acceptance as you are. Contentment means acceptance, discontentment means non-acceptance. A wants to become B - that is discontent. A is perfectly happy in being A, there is no desire to become B - that is contentment.

All I have is all I need and all I need is all I have in this moment.

Life is where you're at. Whatever you're doing is enough. You don't need to do everything well all the time. When you live your life like that, it's a huge relief.

There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.

I really - I try not to look ahead too far into the future and really just appreciate the here and now.

My happiness grows in direct proportion to my acceptance, and in inverse proportion to my expectations.

With a warm drink, in a rocking chair and family and friends around, I am working on finding peace and joy in the moments we have been given. It doesn't have to all make sense. I don't have all the answers.

Welcome anything that comes to you, but do not long for anything else.

Be content with what you are, and wish not change; nor dread your last day, nor long for it.

I don't want to go anywhere; I don't want to leave anybody behind. Happiness is right here, right now, in this world, in this room. I am happiest wherever it is that I am.