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Sufism is not a religion or a philosophy, it is neither deism nor atheism, nor is it a moral, nor a special kind of mysticism, being free from the usual religious sectarianism. If ever it could be called a religion, it would only be as a religion of love, harmony, and beauty.

Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Hazrat Inayat Khan
Age: 44 †
Born: 1882
Born: July 5
Died: 1927
Died: February 5
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Baroda
Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan Pathan
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The bringers of joy have always been the children of sorrow.
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Silence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible.
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The secret of life is balance, and the absence of balance is life's destruction.
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Music is the basis of the whole creation. In reality the whole of creation is music, and what we call music is simply a miniature of the original music, which is creation itself, expressed in tone and rhythm.
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Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
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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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Moth: I gave you my life. Flame: I allowed you to kiss me.
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All that produces longing in the heart deprives it of its freedom.
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Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves
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Music is the language of the soul and for two people of different nations or races to unite, there is no better means than music
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The greatest fault of the day is the absence of stillness.
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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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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 highest and greatest goal that every soul has to reach is God. As everything needs renunciation, that highest goal needs the highest renunciation.
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Love that ends is the shadow of love true love is without beginning or end.
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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.
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