Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes

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• I asked for strength,
  and God gave me difficulties to make me strong.
  I asked for wisdom,
  and God gave me problems to learn to solve.
  I asked for prosperity,
  and God gave me a brain and brawn to work.
  I asked for courage,
  and God gave me dangers to overcome.
  I asked for love,
  and God gave me people to help.
  I asked for favors,
  and God gave me opportunities.
  I received nothing I wanted.
  I received everything I needed.

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  Strong, Opportunity, People

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• All names and forms are the garbs and covers under which the one life is hidden.

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  Names, Life Is, Form

  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan”, Library of Alexandria

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• 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.

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  Inspiration, Healing, Voice

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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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  Thinking, Knowing, People

  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Art of Personality”, Library of Alexandria

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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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  Art, Vibrations, Mystery

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• There is nothing better than music as a means for upliftment of the soul.

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  Wise, Mean, Soul

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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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  Character, Men, Expression

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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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  Mean, Race, Two

  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Mysticism of Sound, Music, The Power of the Word, Cosmic Language”, Library of Alexandria

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• One day, music will take its rightful place as the true religion of Mankind.

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  Music, Religion, One Day

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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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  Adversity, Opportunity, Love Is

  Hazrat Inayat Khan (1962). “The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan volume 6: The Alchemy of Happiness”

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• Love is the essence of all religion, mysticism, and philosophy, and for the one who has learned this, love fulfills the purpose of religion, ethics, and philosophy, and the lover is raised above all diversities of faiths and beliefs.

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  Philosophy, Love Is, Essence

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• 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.

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  Love, Marriage, Compassion

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

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  Love, Healing, Heart

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

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  Personality, Pieces, Tone

  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan”, Library of Alexandria

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

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  Pain, Healing, Remedy

  Hazrat Inayat Khan (1996). “Bowl of Saki”, p.196, Motilal Banarsidass Publishe

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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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  Ocean, Heart, Eye

  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan”, Library of Alexandria

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

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Funny Friend

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• A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of his body. It permeates the entire being.

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  Sound, Doe, Ears

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

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  Imagination, Left, Ifs

  Hazrat Inayat Khan (1960). “The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Alchemy of Happiness”, p.315, Library of Alexandria

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

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  Attitude, Jewels, Soul

  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan”, Library of Alexandria

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• Love manifests towards those whom we like as love; towards those whom we do not like as forgiveness.

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  Hazrat Inayat Khan “The Sayings of Hazrat Inayat Khan”, Library of Alexandria

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• What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature in which we live, the nature which has made us, all that is beneath and around us, it is all music.

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  Inspiration, Mind, Body

  Hazrat Inayat Khan (1996). “The Mysticism of Sound and Music”, p.29, Shambhala Publications

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• For a musician, music is the best way to unite with God.

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  Musician, Way, Music Is

  Hazrat Inayat Khan (1996). “The Mysticism of Sound and Music”, p.80, Shambhala Publications

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• Divine sound is the cause of all manifestation. The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.

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  Sound, Causes, Mystery

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

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  Journey, Differences, Destination

  Hazrat Inayat Khan (1960). “The Sufi Message of Hazrat Inayat Khan: The Alchemy of Happiness”, p.210, Library of Alexandria

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