--- title: "17 Persons Quotes By Hazrat Inayat Khan" description: "17 Persons quotes by Hazrat Inayat Khan. Plus more from Hazrat Inayat Khan and more Persons sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_body_a-person-does-not-hear-sound-only-throug_645388.png" --- > [A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of his body. It permeates the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/a-person-does-not-hear-sound-only-through-the-ears-he-hears-sound/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/878/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_body_a-person-does-not-hear-sound-only-throug_645388.png) > [The person who is in tune with the Universe becomes like a radio receiver, through which the voice of the Universe is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/the-person-who-is-in-tune-with-the-universe-becomes-like-a-radio/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_harmony_the-person-who-is-in-tune-with-the-unive_538981.png) > [Life is a symphony, and the action of every person in this life is the playing of his particular part in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/life-is-a-symphony-and-the-action-of-every-person-in-this-life-is-the/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_action_life-is-a-symphony-and-the-action-of-eve_1794509.png) > [By our trust in the divine beauty in every person we develop that beauty in ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/by-our-trust-in-the-divine-beauty-in-every-person-we-develop-that/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e9c/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_beauty_by-our-trust-in-the-divine-beauty-in-eve_1634010.png) > [While people judge others from their own moral standpoint, the wise person looks also at the point of view of another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/while-people-judge-others-from-their-own-moral-standpoint-the-wise/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58d/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_judging_while-people-judge-others-from-their-own_1163426.png) > [Self-pity is the worst poverty. When a person says, 'I am...' with pity, before he has said anything more he has diminished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/self-pity-is-the-worst-poverty-when-a-person-says-i-am-with-pity/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e13/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_diminish_self-pity-is-the-worst-poverty-when-a-pe_536711.jpg) > [People in the world wish to make things rigid, things which are of the finest nature which words cannot explain. When a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/people-in-the-world-wish-to-make-things-rigid-things-which-are-of-the/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44c/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_able_people-in-the-world-wish-to-make-things_2908268.png) > [He is thoughtful whose mind is directed by his will, whose mind fulfills his intentions, whose mind is under the control of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/he-is-thoughtful-whose-mind-is-directed-by-his-will-whose-mind/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8e/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_activity_he-is-thoughtful-whose-mind-is-directed_443278.png) > [The whole of life is as music and in order to study life we must study it as music. It is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/the-whole-of-life-is-as-music-and-in-order-to-study-life-we-must/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff8/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_answers_the-whole-of-life-is-as-music-and-in-ord_2805367.jpg) > [It is through this physical body that the highest and greatest purpose of life is achieved. A person only calls it the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/it-is-through-this-physical-body-that-the-highest-and-greatest/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd4/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_body_it-is-through-this-physical-body-that-th_2288801.png) > [All the great persons of the world, whatever had been their mission in life, proved their greatness by this one quality: endurance.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/all-the-great-persons-of-the-world-whatever-had-been-their-mission-in/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_blessed_all-the-great-persons-of-the-world-whate_2122379.jpg) > [If a person is cold and rigid, he feels within himself as if he were in a grave. He is not living,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/if-a-person-is-cold-and-rigid-he-feels-within-himself-as-if-he-were/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_attitude_if-a-person-is-cold-and-rigid-he-feels-w_2612132.png) > [The more sincerity is developed, the greater share of truth you will have. And however much sincerity a person may have, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/the-more-sincerity-is-developed-the-greater-share-of-truth-you-will/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6fd/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_bridges_the-more-sincerity-is-developed-the-grea_2119667.png) > [When people came to Christ accusing a person of doing wrong, the Master could not think of anything else but forgiveness. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/when-people-came-to-christ-accusing-a-person-of-doing-wrong-the/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a58/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_accusing_when-people-came-to-christ-accusing-a-pe_2279389.png) > [Very often in everyday life one sees that by losing one's temper with someone who has already lost his, one does not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/very-often-in-everyday-life-one-sees-that-by-losing-one-s-temper-with/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b3/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_anger_very-often-in-everyday-life-one-sees-tha_694734.png) > [Things appear different from every different plane from which you look at them, and when a person standing on flat earth asks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/things-appear-different-from-every-different-plane-from-which-you/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_asks_things-appear-different-from-every-diffe_1927652.png) > [In Sufi terms the crushing of the ego is called Nafs Kushi. And how do we crush it? We crush it by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/in-sufi-terms-the-crushing-of-the-ego-is-called-nafs-kushi-and-how-do/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c7/hazrat-inayat-khan-1646_change-yourself_in-sufi-terms-the-crushing-of-the-ego-is_466166.jpg) ## Other authors on Persons ## More by Hazrat Inayat Khan > [“To a soul which is wide awake, the Judgment Day does not come after death. For that soul every day is a Judgment Day.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/to-a-soul-which-is-wide-awake-the-judgment-day-does-not-come-after/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [The only way to live in the midst of inharmonious influences is to strengthen the will power and endure all things, yet keeping fineness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/the-only-way-to-live-in-the-midst-of-inharmonious-influences-is-to/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/the-first-lesson-to-learn-is-to-resign-oneself-to-the-little/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [Among all the valuable things of this world, the word is the most precious. For in the word one can find a light which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/among-all-the-valuable-things-of-this-world-the-word-is-the-most/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/there-should-be-balance-in-all-our-actions-to-be-either-extreme-or/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [It is a presumption on the part of man when he demands in words an explanation of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/it-is-a-presumption-on-the-part-of-man-when-he-demands-in-words-an/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [All that produces longing in the heart deprives it of its freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/all-that-produces-longing-in-the-heart-deprives-it-of-its-freedom/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [If someone strikes my heart, it does not break, but it bursts, and the flame coming out of it becomes a torch on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/if-someone-strikes-my-heart-it-does-not-break-but-it-bursts-and-the/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [I played the vina until my heart turned into the same instrument. Then I offered this instrument to the Divine Musician, the only muscian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/i-played-the-vina-until-my-heart-turned-into-the-same-instrument-then/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/our-virtues-are-made-by-love-and-our-sins-are-caused-by-the-lack-of-it/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [Life is a place where it is necessary to move gently. Whether it be in thought, speech, or action, the rhythm must be controlled;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/life-is-a-place-where-it-is-necessary-to-move-gently-whether-it-be-in/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/the-voice-is-not-only-indicative-of-man-s-character-but-it-is-the/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [People who have never had an ideal may hope to find one; they are in a better state than the people who allow the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/people-who-have-never-had-an-ideal-may-hope-to-find-one-they-are-in-a/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [In a small affair or in a big affair, first consult yourself and find out if there is any conflict in your own being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/in-a-small-affair-or-in-a-big-affair-first-consult-yourself-and-find/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) > [The one Spirit of life is given different names, the sacred names. We more easily recognize the Spirit of life by the particular name…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hazrat-inayat-khan/the-one-spirit-of-life-is-given-different-names-the-sacred-names-we/) [Hazrat Inayat Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hazrat-inayat-khan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/persons/hazrat-inayat-khan/#itemlist", "name": "17 Persons Quotes By Hazrat Inayat Khan", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A person does not hear sound only through the ears; he hears sound through every pore of his body. 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