"It is not solid wood that can become……" — Hazrat Inayat Khan
"It is not solid wood that can become a flute, but the empty reed."
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Hazrat Inayat Khan
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125 Quotes by Hazrat Inayat Khan
Hazrat Inayat Khan has 125 quotes on this site.
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Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise…
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Now if I do anything it is to tune souls instead of instruments. To harmonize people instead of notes. If…
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The world is evolving from imperfection to perfection. It needs all love and sympathy; great tenderness and watchfulness are required…
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God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.
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When we are face to face with truth, the point of view of Krishna, Buddha, Christ, or any other Prophet,…
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It is through this physical body that the highest and greatest purpose of life is achieved. A person only calls…
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Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance; they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust…
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Music should be healing, music should uplift the soul, music should inspire; then there is no better way of getting…
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What makes us feel drawn to music is that our whole being is music: our mind and body, the nature…
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Sound is the force of creation, the true whole. Music then, becomes the voice of the great cosmic oneness and…
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Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear.
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Life is a place where it is necessary to move gently. Whether it be in thought, speech, or action, the…
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More Empty Quotes
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one of 2,485 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if…
— Pietro Aretino
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If I look at my old lyrics, they seem to be full of rage, but empty. There was an emptiness…
— Billie Joe Armstrong
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Thou must be emptied of that wherewith thou art full, that thou mayest be filled with that whereof thou art…
— Saint Augustine
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The early commentators who put down the pre-presidential Roosevelt as an empty-headed young lightweight, all ambition and no talent, now…
— Russell Baker
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This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never…
— Amelia Barr
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There is nothing more mysterious than a TV set left on in an empty room. It is even stranger than…
— Jean Baudrillard
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Empty-brained triflers who have never tried to think, who take their creed as they take their fashions, speak of atheism…
— Annie Besant
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Strange indeed would it be if all the space around us be empty, mere waste void, and the inhabitants of…
— Annie Besant
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The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.
— Aneurin Bevan
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Erudition - dust shaken out of a book into an empty skull.
— Ambrose Bierce
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It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.
— Michael Bloomberg
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I'm not the type of guy who enjoys one-night stands. It leaves me feeling very empty and cynical. It's not…
— Ben Affleck
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