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Sarcasm is an abuse of the intellect.

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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Intellect
Sarcasm

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In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians.
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Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life without light and shade no picture is clear.
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Everyone has his own imagination of God. It is best if everyone is left to his own imagination.
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I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all.
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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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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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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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Love that ends is the shadow of love true love is without beginning or end.
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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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The souls of all are from one and the same source but a soul which is unveiled shines out. Love and light come continually from such souls. We need no proof of it for it is living all else is dead in comparison.
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There are two aspects of individual harmony: the harmony between body and soul, and the harmony between individuals. All the tragedy in the world, in the individual and in the multitude, comes from lack of harmony. And harmony is the best given by producing harmony in one's own life.
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What one really wants is attracted by one, and one is attracted by what one wants.
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My heart is tuned to the quietness that the stillness of nature inspires.
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