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The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life is to evolve towards 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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Inayat Khan Rehmat Khan Pathan
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The peace for which every soul strives and which is the true nature of God and the utmost goal of a man is but the outcome of harmony.
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The one thing to rely upon is God's favor. Do not build either on your study or on your meditation, although they both help you. But you are dependent on God, not even on your murshid. Seek Him, trust Him. In Him lies your life's purpose, and in Him is hidden the rest of your soul.
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With love, even the rocks will open.
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He is thoughtful whose mind is directed by his will, whose mind fulfills his intentions, whose mind is under the control of his intention... It is not till a person has gained mastery over his mind, till he is above this activity, that he is a ruling power, a true person.
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Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.
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I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice the dearest thing, and I sacrificed my music, the dearest thing to me.
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Divine sound is the cause of all manifestation. The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.
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Things of heaven cannot be obtained by perseverance they are the grace of God. To open to this and trust in it is how belief is crystallized into faith. We cannot pay for it in any form, in any way, by our goodness, by our piety, by our great qualities, merits, or virtues nothing. It is a gift, and all we can do is receive it.
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Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.
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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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Spiritual progress is the changing of the point of view.
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For a musician, music is the best way to unite with God.
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Your heart is not living intil it has experienced pain... the pain of love breaks open the heart, even if it is as hard as a rock.
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