Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes
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Our spirit is the real part of us, the body but its garment. A man would not find peace at the tailor's because his coat comes from there; neither can the spirit obtain true happiness from the earth just because his body belongs to earth.
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There is a light within every soul; it only needs the clouds that overshadow it to be broken for it to beam forth.
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Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs very little; only a little thought is necessary. There is no greater religion than love. God is love; and the best form of love is to be conscientious regarding the feelings of those with whom we come in contact in everyday life.
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It is a very high stage in the path of love when man really learns to love another with a love that asks no return.
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I first believed without any hesitation in the existence of the soul, and then I wondered about the secret of its nature. I persevered and strove in search of the soul, and found at last that I myself was the cover over my soul!
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In the eyes of a seer, every leaf of a tree is a page of the Holy Book and contains divine revelation.
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Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal goal.
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As water in a fountain flows as one stream, but falls in many drops divided by time and space, so are the revelations of the one stream of truth.
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Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.
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Music is the language of the soul; and for two people of different nations or races to unite, there is no better means than music...
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For every loss, there is a hidden gain. And for every gain, there is a hidden loss.
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Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.
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With love, even the rocks will open.
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I had composed songs, I sang, and played the vina. Practising this music I arrived at a stage where I touched the music of the spheres. Then every soul became a musical note, and all life became music. Inspired by it I spoke to the people, and those who were attracted by my words listened to them instead of listening to my songs.
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There is nothing better than music as a means for upliftment of the soul.
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A person however learned and qualified in his life's work in whom gratitude is absent, is devoid of that beauty of character which makes personality fragrant.
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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.
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Living in the world without insight into the hidden laws of nature is like not knowing the language of the country in which one was born.
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In love abides all knowledge. It is mankind's love and interest in things that in time reveals their secret.
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What we call music in our everyday language is only a miniature, which our intelligence has grasped from that music or harmony of the whole universe which is working behind everything, and which is the source and origin of nature. It is because of this that the wise of all ages have considered music to be a sacred art. For in music the seer can see the picture of the whole universe; and the wise can interpret the secret and nature of the working of the whole universe in the realm of music.
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Selfishness keeps man blind through life.
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Resignation is a quality of the saintly souls.
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Now if I do anything it is to tune souls instead of instruments. To harmonize people instead of notes. If there is anything in my philosophy, it is the law of harmony: that one must put oneself in harmony with oneself and with others.
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The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.