Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes - Page 5

For every loss, there is a hidden gain. And for every gain, there is a hidden loss.

Therefore it is the law of the mystics to see all things, to experience all things, either of heaven or earth, and yet to say little; for the souls incapable of understanding the possibility of their reach will ridicule them.

Reason is the illusion of reality

Moth: I gave you my life. Flame: I allowed you to kiss me.

Every mind has its particular standard of good and bad, and of right and wrong. This standard is made by what one has experienced through life, by what one has seen or heard; it also depends upon one's belief in a certain religion, one's birth in a certain nation and origin in a certain race. But what can really be called good or bad, right or wrong, is what comforts the mind and what causes it discomfort. It is not true, although it appears so, that it is discomfort that causes wrongdoing. In reality, it is wrongdoing which causes discomfort, and it is right-doing which gives comfort.

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.

Instead of lamenting your fate, create your world.

Silence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible.

Every passion, every emotion, has its effect upon the mind. Every change of mind, however slight, has its effect upon the body.

As water in a fountain flows as one stream, but falls in many drops divided by time and space, so are the revelations of the one stream of truth.

Selfishness keeps man blind through life.

The rain does not fall in a certain land only; the sun does not shine only on a particular country. All that comes from God is for all souls. Verily, blessing is for every soul; for every soul, whatever be one's faith or belief, belongs to God.

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.

It is not solid wood that can become a flute, but the empty reed.

The highest and greatest goal that every soul has to reach is God. As everything needs renunciation, that highest goal needs the highest renunciation.

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!

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

It is a presumption on the part of man when he demands in words an explanation of God.

People often ask me questions that I cannot very well answer in words, and it makes me sad to think they are unable to hear the voice of my silence.

What one really wants is attracted by one, and one is attracted by what one wants.

Toward the One, the perfection of love, harmony and beauty, the only being, united with all the illuminated souls who form the embodiment of the master, the spirit of guidance.

When we look at life from the top of the mountain, there is no limitation

The soul is covered by a thousand veils.

The secret of life is balance, and the absence of balance is life's destruction.

The existence of illness in the body may no doubt be called a shadow of the true illness which is held by man in his mind.