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Hazrat Inayat Khan quotes

Clergyman July 5, 1882 – February 5, 1927

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Be contented with what you possess in life; be thankful for what does not belong to you, for it is so much care the less; but try to obtain what you need in life, and make the best of every moment of your life. Hazrat Inayat Khan
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. Hazrat Inayat Khan
The souls of all are from one and the same source but a soul which is unveiled shines out. Love and light come continually from such souls. We need no proof of it for it is living all else is dead in comparison. Hazrat Inayat Khan
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. Hazrat Inayat Khan
There are two aspects of individual harmony: the harmony between body and soul, and the harmony between individuals. All the tragedy in the world, in the individual and in the multitude, comes from lack of harmony. And harmony is the best given by producing harmony in one's own life. Hazrat Inayat Khan
Very often in everyday life one sees that by losing one's temper with someone who has already lost his, one does not gain anything but only sets out upon the path of stupidity. He who has enough self-control to stand firm at the moment when the other person is in a temper, wins in the end. It is not he who has spoken a hundred words aloud who has won; it is he who has perhaps spoken only one word. Hazrat Inayat Khan
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. Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan quote: "Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence."
Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence. Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan quote: "By our trust in the divine beauty in every person we develop..."
By our trust in the divine beauty in every person we develop that beauty in ourselves. Hazrat Inayat Khan
"Intellect is the knowledge obtained by experience of names and forms; wisdom is the knowledge which manifests only from the inner being; to acquire intellect one must delve into studies, but to obtain wisdom, nothing but the flow of divine mercy is needed; it is as natural as the instinct of swimming to the fish, or of flying to the bird. Intellect is the sight which enables one to see through the external world, but the light of wisdom enables one to see through the external into the... Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan quote: "Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place..."
Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful. Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan quote: "When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that..."
When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony. Hazrat Inayat Khan
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. Hazrat Inayat Khan
There can be no rebirth without a dark night of the soul, a total annihilation of all that you believed in and thought that you were. Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan quote: "One is never so strong as when one is broken."
One is never so strong as when one is broken. Hazrat Inayat Khan

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