Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes
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What science cannot declare, art can suggest; what art suggests silently, poetry speaks aloud; but what poetry fails to explain in words, music can express. Whoever knows the mystery of vibrations indeed knows all things.
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From the metaphysical point of view there is nothing that can touch the formless except the art of music which in itself is formless.
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The truth is that man is one individual with two aspects, just like one line with two ends. If you look at the ends, it is two. If you look at the line, it is one. One end of the line is limited, the other end of the line is unlimited. One end is man, the other end is God.
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I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.
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Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.
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Sarcasm is an abuse of the intellect.
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What one really wants is attracted by one, and one is attracted by what one wants.
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Whatever your life's pursuit -- art, poetry, sculpture, music, whatever your occupation may be -- you can be as spiritual as clergy, always living a life of praise.
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In a small affair or in a big affair, first consult yourself and find out if there is any conflict in your own being about anything you want to do. And when you find no conflict there, then feel sure that a path is already made for you. You have but to open your eyes and take a step forward, and the other step will be led by God.
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Repose is the secret of all contemplation and meditation, the secret of getting in tune with that aspect of life which is the essence of all things. When one is not accustomed to take repose, one does not know what is behind one's being.
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Love develops into harmony, and of harmony is born beauty.
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Music is the basis of the whole creation. In reality the whole of creation is music, and what we call music is simply a miniature of the original music, which is creation itself, expressed in tone and rhythm.
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The greatest fault of the day is the absence of stillness.
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The man who tries to prove his belief superior to the faith of another, does not know the meaning of religion.
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When one bell is rung, by the sound of that one bell other bells will also vibrate. So it is with the dancing of the soul...it produces its reaction, and that again, will make other souls dance.
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To bring the sublime into the mundane is the greatest challenge there is.
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If someone strikes my heart, it does not break, but it bursts, and the flame coming out of it becomes a torch on my path.
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If there is anything that gives kingliness to the soul, it is patience. What was the secret of the masters who have accomplished great things, who have inspired many and who have helped many souls? Their secret was patience.
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Every passion, every emotion, has its effect upon the mind. Every change of mind, however slight, has its effect upon the body.
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The voice is not only indicative of man's character, but it is the expression of his spirit. Other sounds can be louder than the voice, but no sound can be more living.
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When I open my eyes to the outer world I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.
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Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
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The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing.
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All that produces longing in the heart deprives it of its freedom.