He is thoughtful whose mind is directed by his will, whose mind fulfills his intentions, whose mind is under the control of… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Self-pity is the worst poverty. When a person says, 'I am...' with pity, before he has said anything more he has diminished… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
The person who is in tune with the Universe becomes like a radio receiver, through which the voice of the Universe is… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of his body. It permeates the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Very often in everyday life one sees that by losing one's temper with someone who has already lost his, one does not… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
While people judge others from their own moral standpoint, the wise person looks also at the point of view of another. — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
By our trust in the divine beauty in every person we develop that beauty in ourselves. — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Life is a symphony, and the action of every person in this life is the playing of his particular part in the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Things appear different from every different plane from which you look at them, and when a person standing on flat earth asks… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
The more sincerity is developed, the greater share of truth you will have. And however much sincerity a person may have, there… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
All the great persons of the world, whatever had been their mission in life, proved their greatness by this one quality: endurance.… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
When people came to Christ accusing a person of doing wrong, the Master could not think of anything else but forgiveness. For… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
It is through this physical body that the highest and greatest purpose of life is achieved. A person only calls it the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
If a person is cold and rigid, he feels within himself as if he were in a grave. He is not living,… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
The whole of life is as music and in order to study life we must study it as music. It is not… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
People in the world wish to make things rigid, things which are of the finest nature which words cannot explain. When a… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
“To a soul which is wide awake, the Judgment Day does not come after death. For that soul every day is a Judgment Day.… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
The only way to live in the midst of inharmonious influences is to strengthen the will power and endure all things, yet keeping fineness… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Among all the valuable things of this world, the word is the most precious. For in the word one can find a light which… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad. — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
It is a presumption on the part of man when he demands in words an explanation of God. — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
All that produces longing in the heart deprives it of its freedom. — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
If someone strikes my heart, it does not break, but it bursts, and the flame coming out of it becomes a torch on my… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
I played the vina until my heart turned into the same instrument. Then I offered this instrument to the Divine Musician, the only muscian… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it. — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
Life is a place where it is necessary to move gently. Whether it be in thought, speech, or action, the rhythm must be controlled;… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
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… — Hazrat Inayat Khan Copy Share Image
