We are always searching for God afar off, when all the while He is nearer to us than our own soul. Hazrat Inayat Khan More Quotes by Hazrat Inayat Khan More Quotes From Hazrat Inayat Khan 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. Hazrat Inayat Khan tragedysoultwo Every moment of life brings an opportunity for being conscious of human feeling, in prosperity, in adversity, in all conditions. It costs very little; only a little thought is necessary. There is no greater religion than love. God is love; and the best form of love is to be conscientious regarding the feelings of those with whom we come in contact in everyday life. Hazrat Inayat Khan adversityopportunitylove-is The highest and greatest goal that every soul has to reach is God. As everything needs renunciation, that highest goal needs the highest renunciation. Hazrat Inayat Khan soulgoalneeds The first lesson to learn is to resign oneself to the little difficulties in life, not to hit out at everything one comes up against. If one were able to manage this one would not need to cultivate great power; even one's presence would be healing. Hazrat Inayat Khan healingwould-bepatience Love manifests towards those whom we like as love; towards those whom we do not like as forgiveness. Hazrat Inayat Khan I can see as clear as a daylight that the hour is coming when women will lead humanity to a higher evolution. Hazrat Inayat Khan daylightevolutionhumanity The soul of all is one soul and the truth is one truth, under whatever religion it is hidden. Hazrat Inayat Khan truth-issoul To bring the sublime into the mundane is the greatest challenge there is. Hazrat Inayat Khan sublimechallengeswonder Don't be concerned about being disloyal to your pain by being joyous. Hazrat Inayat Khan joyfulnessjoyouspain When we look at life from the top of the mountain, there is no limitation Hazrat Inayat Khan limitationmountainlooks He who gives love will receive a thousandfold in return. Hazrat Inayat Khan returngiving 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 religiousspecialphilosophy There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad. Hazrat Inayat Khan our-actionsbalanceshould The happiness of this world is something we cannot keep; it is just like the horizon - the nearer you go, the farther it goes. As soon as you get it, you see it is not the thing you wanted. Hazrat Inayat Khan horizonthis-worldworld By love, harmony and beauty you must turn the whole of life into a single vision of divine glory. Hazrat Inayat Khan harmonyvisionglory 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. Hazrat Inayat Khan shininglightsoul The soul is covered by a thousand veils. Hazrat Inayat Khan veilsthousandsoul The wise man should keep the balance between love and power; he should keep the love in his nature ever increasing and expanding, and at the same time strengthen the will so that the heart may not easily be broken. Hazrat Inayat Khan wiseheartmen The one Spirit of life is given different names, the sacred names. We more easily recognize the Spirit of life by the particular name to which we are accustomed. So far we are right, but the mistake we make, and it is to our loss, is to ignore or deny the same truth because it is given to us in another form and under another name. We limit it. We say the truth existed only in that period when certain teachers came to the world, and that after that it stopped. Hazrat Inayat Khan mistakelossteacher 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. Hazrat Inayat Khan perseverancespiritualheaven
