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The only way to live in the midst of inharmonious influences is to strengthen the will power and endure all things, yet keeping fineness of character and nobility of manner together with an everlasting heart full of love.

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
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Baroda
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan Pathan
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... The wise in all ages... have tried to learn one thing only, and that was resignation to the Will of God. By doing this, they have reached a stage at which they could see from God's point of view.
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It is through this physical body that the highest and greatest purpose of life is achieved. A person only calls it the physical body in ignorance. Once the knowledge has come...he begins to look upon it as the sacred temple of God.
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If someone strikes my heart, it does not break, but it bursts, and the flame coming out of it becomes a torch on my path.
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For a musician, music is the best way to unite with God.
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When I open my eyes to the outer world I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.
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The whole of life is as music and in order to study life we must study it as music. It is not only study, it is also practice which makes man perfect. If someone tells me that a certain person is miserable or wretched or distressed, my answer will be that he is out of tune.
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We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself.
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When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.
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Sarcasm is an abuse of the intellect.
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Music should be healing. Music should uplift the soul. Music should inspire.
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Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
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All ignorance is the lack of love.
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Love that ends is the shadow of love true love is without beginning or end.
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The bringers of joy have always been the children of sorrow.
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I first believed without any hesitation in the existence of the soul, and then I wondered about the secret of its nature. I persevered and strove in search of the soul, and found at last that I myself was the cover over my soul!
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It is a very high stage in the path of love when man really learns to love another with a love that asks no return.
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