Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes

We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself.

Hazrat Inayat Khan

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  Hazrat Inayat Khan
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  • Music
  • Sound