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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 above them to the eternal goal.

Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Hazrat Inayat Khan
Age: 44 †
Born: 1882
Born: July 5
Died: 1927
Died: February 5
Clergyman
Musician
Philosopher
Teacher
Writer
Baroda
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan Pathan
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May
Desires
Able
Rise
Every
Accomplish
Men
Thus
Thinking
Eternal
Path

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