When one bell is rung, by the sound of that one bell other bells will also vibrate. So it is with the dancing of the soul...it produces its reaction, and that again, will make other souls dance. Hazrat Inayat Khan More Quotes by Hazrat Inayat Khan More Quotes From Hazrat Inayat Khan Selfishness keeps man blind through life. Hazrat Inayat Khan selfishness blind men The heart becomes wide by forgetting self, but narrow by thinking of the self and pitying one's self. To gain a wide and broad heart you must have something before you to look upon, and to rest your intelligence upon - and that something is the God-ideal. Hazrat Inayat Khan self heart thinking The secret of life is balance, and the absence of balance is life's destruction. Hazrat Inayat Khan balance secret life-is It is the peaceful one who is observant. It is peace that gives him the power to observe keenly. It is the peaceful one, therefore, who can conceive, for peace helps him to conceive. It is the peaceful who can contemplate; one who has no peace cannot contemplate properly. Therefore, all things pertaining to spiritual progress in life depend upon peace. Hazrat Inayat Khan peaceful spiritual giving True power is not in trying to gain power; true power is in becoming power. But how to become power? It requires an attempt to make a definite change in oneself, and that change is a kind of struggle with one's false self. Hazrat Inayat Khan true-power struggle self Belief and disbelief have divided humankind into so many sects, blinding its eyes to the vision of the Oneness of all Life. Hazrat Inayat Khan oneness perception eye The bringers of joy have always been the children of sorrow. Hazrat Inayat Khan sorrow joy children As long as in love there is "you" and "me," love is not fully kindled. Hazrat Inayat Khan love-is long I have seen all souls as my soul, and realized my soul as the soul of all. Hazrat Inayat Khan my-soul soul Consciously or unconsciously, every being is capable of healing himself or others. Hazrat Inayat Khan capable healing Joy and sorrow are the light and shade of life; without light and shade no picture is clear. Hazrat Inayat Khan islamic wisdom religious Life is a place where it is necessary to move gently. Whether it be in thought, speech, or action, the rhythm must be controlled; the law of harmony must be observed in all that one does. If there is anything that will bring satisfaction it is diving deep into Love, and then we shall realize that there is nothing which is not just; we shall never again say that anything is unjust. This is the point the wise reach, and they call it the culmination of wisdom. Hazrat Inayat Khan wise life moving If there is anything that gives kingliness to the soul, it is patience. What was the secret of the masters who have accomplished great things, who have inspired many and who have helped many souls? Their secret was patience. Hazrat Inayat Khan soul secret giving Love develops into harmony, and of harmony is born beauty. Hazrat Inayat Khan harmony born According to metaphysics, fear is caused by the lack of light. Hazrat Inayat Khan metaphysics light People who have never had an ideal may hope to find one; they are in a better state than the people who allow the circumstances of life to break their ideal. To fall beneath one's ideal is to lose one's track in life; then confusion rises in the mind, and that light which one should hold high becomes covered and obscured, so that it cannot shine out to light one's path. Hazrat Inayat Khan light people fall He who has spent has used; he who has collected has lost; but he who has given has saved his treasure forever. Hazrat Inayat Khan treasure given forever If anybody asks what Sufism is, what kind of religion is it, the answer is that Sufism is the religion of the heart, the religion in which the thing of primary importance is to seek God in the heart of mankind. Hazrat Inayat Khan kind answers heart The body with its perfect mechanism loses power, magnetism, beauty, and brightness, when the soul departs from the body. This shows that the power, magnetism, beauty, and brightness belong to the soul. Hazrat Inayat Khan body soul perfect 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 tragedy soul two