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There is nothing better than music as a means for upliftment of the soul.

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
Music
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Nothing
Mean
Wise
Means
Soul

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The discrimination between good and evil is in man's soul. Every man can judge that for himself, because in every man is the sense of admiration of beauty. Happiness only lies in thinking or doing that which one considers beautiful. Such an act becomes a virtue or goodness.
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When one bell is rung, by the sound of that one bell other bells will also vibrate. So it is with the dancing of the soul...it produces its reaction, and that again, will make other souls dance.
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Once you have given up your limited self willingly to the Unlimited, you will rejoice so much in that consciousness that you will not care to be small again.
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To be resigned means to find satisfaction in self-denial (Self-denial is the denial of one's lower self).
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Reason is the illusion of reality
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When one looks at the ocean, they can only see that part of it which comes within their range of vision so it is with the truth.
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In the eyes of a seer, every leaf of a tree is a page of the Holy Book and contains divine revelation.
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By our trust in the divine beauty in every person we develop that beauty in ourselves.
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Failure in life does not matter the greatest misfortune is standing still.
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What science cannot declare, art can suggest what art suggests silently, poetry speaks aloud but what poetry fails to explain in words, music can express. Whoever knows the mystery of vibrations indeed knows all things.
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The lover's pleasure is in the pleasure of the beloved. The lover is satisfied when the beloved is fed. The lover is vain when the beloved is adorned.
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In love abides all knowledge. It is mankind's love and interest in things that in time reveals their secret.
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By love, harmony and beauty you must turn the whole of life into a single vision of divine glory.
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Now if I do anything it is to tune souls instead of instruments. To harmonize people instead of notes. If there is anything in my philosophy, it is the law of harmony: that one must put oneself in harmony with oneself and with others.
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Love is the merchandise which all the world demands if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.
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My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.
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Love develops into harmony, and of harmony is born beauty.
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