Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes
Consciously or unconsciously, every being is capable of healing himself or others.
Selfishness keeps man blind through life.
The soul of all is one soul and the truth is one truth, under whatever religion it is hidden.
A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of his body. It permeates the entire being.
We are always searching for God afar off, when all the while He is nearer to us than our own soul.
Love manifests towards those whom we like as love; towards those whom we do not like as forgiveness.
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.
Belief and disbelief have divided humankind into so many sects, blinding its eyes to the vision of the Oneness of all Life.
To attain peace, what one has to do is to seek that rhythm which is in the depth of our being.
The solution to the problem of the day is the awakening of the consciousness of humanity to the divinity within.
Every passion, every emotion, has its effect upon the mind. Every change of mind, however slight, has its effect upon the body.
By love, harmony and beauty you must turn the whole of life into a single vision of divine glory.
Divine sound is the cause of all manifestation. The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.
He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever.
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.
What a great thing is understanding! It is priceless. No man can give greater pleasure to his fellow man than by understanding him.
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.
Love is the Divine Mother's arms; when those arms are spread, every Soul falls Into them.
There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.
If people but knew their own religion, how tolerant they would become, and how free from any grudge against the religion of others.
It is a presumption on the part of man when he demands in words an explanation of God.
The highest and greatest goal that every soul has to reach is God. As everything needs renunciation, that highest goal needs the highest renunciation.
... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.
To make a friend, forgiveness is required which burns up all things, leaving only beauty; but to destroy friendship is easy.
The happiness of this world is something we cannot keep; it is just like the horizon - the nearer you go, the farther it goes. As soon as you get it, you see it is not the thing you wanted.
We, the human beings in this world, if there is a spark of goodness or kindness in our hearts, avoid judging people. We prefer forgiving to judging.
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
Your heart is not living intil it has experienced pain... the pain of love breaks open the heart, even if it is as hard as a rock.
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.
For the value of everything exists for man only so long as he does not understand it. When he has fully understood, the value is lost, be it the lowest thing or the highest thing.
