Inayat Khan Quotes

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Those who have a desire to teach while coming to learn should not pose as disciples; they must come as teachers.

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When people came to Christ accusing a person of doing wrong, the Master could not think of anything else but forgiveness. For he did not see in the wrongdoer what the others saw. To distinguish between right and wrong is not the work of an ordinary mind, and the curious thing is that the more ignorant a person is, the more ready he is to do so.

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The greatest is to have a tendency to friendship; this is expressed in the form of tolerance and forgiveness, in the form of service and trust. In whatever form he may express it this is the central theme: the constant desire to prove one's love for humanity, to be the friend of all.

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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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Music, the word we use in our everyday language, is nothing less than the picture of our Beloved. It is because music is the picture of our Beloved that we love music.

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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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The existence of illness in the body may no doubt be called a shadow of the true illness which is held by man in his mind.

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We can be under the power of a spell, but we must overcome such a power; we must liberate ourselves from evil. Everyone can fight.

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There is no end to one's faults. To think of them makes one humble.

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Music touches our innermost being, and in that way produces new life, a life that gives exaltation to the whole being, raising it to that perfection in which lies the fulfillment of man's life.

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By love, harmony and beauty you must turn the whole of life into a single vision of divine glory.

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

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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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Mastery lies not merely in stilling the mind, but in directing it towards whatever point we desire, in allowing it to be active as far as we wish, in using it to fulfill our purpose, in causing it to be still when we want to still it. He who has come to this has created his heaven within himself; he has no need to wait for a heaven in the hereafter, for he has produced it within his own mind now.

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

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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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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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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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Once you have linked yourself with love, a flood of inspiration is revealed to you, whatever the subject, whatever the problem in life may be. Whatever it be that your eye casts its glance upon, it will disclose itself. Then you are on the real road, and what a joy this is!

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

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I played the vina until my heart turned into the same instrument. Then I offered this instrument to the Divine Musician, the only muscian existing. Since then I have become His flute, and when He chooses He plays His music. The people give me credit for this music which, in reality, is not due to me, but to the Musician who plays his own instrument.

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What one really wants is attracted by one, and one is attracted by what one wants.

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Therefore it is the law of the mystics to see all things, to experience all things, either of heaven or earth, and yet to say little; for the souls incapable of understanding the possibility of their reach will ridicule them.

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To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self).

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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.

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

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

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