Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.

Each human personality is like a piece of music, having an individual tone and a rhythm of its own.

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.

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.

Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.

When one looks at the ocean, they can only see that part of it which comes within their range of vision; so it is with the truth.

If you will not rise above the things of this world, they will rise above you.

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.

With love, even the rocks will open.

What you are speaks louder than what you say.

Failure in life does not matter; the greatest misfortune is standing still.

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.

In the eyes of a seer, every leaf of a tree is a page of the Holy Book and contains divine revelation.

You carry all the ingredients to turn your existence into joy. Mix them, Mix them!

Silence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible.

The greatest fault of the day is the absence of stillness.

The more one studies the harmony of music, and then studies human nature, how people agree and how they disagree, how there is attraction and repulsion, the more one will see that it is all music.

Everyone has his own imagination of God. It is best if everyone is left to his own imagination.

Love itself is the healing power and the remedy for all pain.

The world is evolving from imperfection to perfection. It needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness are required from each one of us.

There is a light within every soul; it only needs the clouds that overshadow it to be broken for it to beam forth.

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.

To be really sorry for one's errors is like opening the door of Heaven.

People often ask me questions that I cannot very well answer in words, and it makes me sad to think they are unable to hear the voice of my silence.

Sound is the force of creation, the true whole. Music then, becomes the voice of the great cosmic oneness and therefore the optimal way to reach this final state of healing.

My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.

Toward the One, the perfection of love, harmony and beauty, the only being, united with all the illuminated souls who form the embodiment of the master, the spirit of guidance.

Spiritual progress is the changing of the point of view.

The lover's pleasure is in the pleasure of the beloved. The lover is satisfied when the beloved is fed. The lover is vain when the beloved is adorned.

Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.

As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open.

Moth: I gave you my life. Flame: I allowed you to kiss me.

For every loss, there is a hidden gain. And for every gain, there is a hidden loss.

My intuition never fails me, it is I who fail when I do not listen to it.

One is never so strong as when one is broken.

People have fought in vain about the names and lives of their saviors, and have named their religions after the name of their savior, instead of uniting with each other in the truth that is taught.

The person who is in tune with the Universe becomes like a radio receiver, through which the voice of the Universe is transmitted.

He who with sincerity seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose.

Life is a symphony, and the action of every person in this life is the playing of his particular part in the music.

I can see as clear as a daylight that the hour is coming when women will lead humanity to a higher evolution.

Love that ends is the shadow of love; true love is without beginning or end.

Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear.

There is no difference in the destination, the only difference is in the journey.

Music seems to be the bridge over the gulf between form and the formless.

Consciously or unconsciously, every being is capable of healing himself or others.