Hazrat Inayat Khan
Indian musician and Sufi master who introduced Universal Sufism to the West in 1910. Born into a family of Sufi musicians in Vadodara, he was a virtuoso of the vina before he became a mystic. After meeting his teacher Sayyid Muhammad Madani, he was sent westward with the instruction to "harmonize East and West with the music of thy soul." He founded the Sufi Order in the West, taught in Europe and America for seventeen years, and left behind The Sufi Message — fourteen volumes of teachings on love, harmony, beauty, and the unity of religious ideals.
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Quotes by Hazrat Inayat Khan
106 quotes“Soul is happy when soul knows its source.”
soulThe Inner Life
“He who arrives at the door of his heart, has reached his goal.”
heartThe Sufi Message
“Speech is silver, silence is golden, and patience is diamond.”
silenceGayan, Vadan, Nirtan
“The right of every soul is to be itself.”
authenticityThe Sufi Message
“To be religious without realizing the Self is to dwell in superstition.”
religionThe Inner Life
“The path of God is the path of the heart.”
pathThe Sufi Message
“Be the perfume that you would like to receive.”
givingGayan, Vadan, Nirtan
“Words travel from the mouth, but truth travels from the heart.”
truthThe Bowl of Saki
“All is well, when the heart is well.”
heartThe Sufi Message
“Sympathy is the conqueror of all hearts.”
sympathyThe Inner Life
“In the heart of God, all souls are one.”
unityThe Sufi Message
“Music is the language of the soul.”
musicThe Mysticism of Sound and Music
“Sing the song of your soul. Let the world hear.”
expressionGayan, Vadan, Nirtan
“To know one's soul is to know the universe.”
self-knowledgeThe Sufi Message
“In the spiritual realm, knowledge becomes love.”
knowledgeThe Inner Life
“Live the life of love. Speak the language of love.”
loveThe Sufi Message
“Beauty surrounds you, but you must walk in it to know it.”
beautyThe Bowl of Saki
“All things become possible when love is the motive.”
loveThe Sufi Message
“The heart is a mirror; keep it clean.”
heartGayan, Vadan, Nirtan
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