“Self stands as a wall between man and God.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan God speaks to everyone, not only to the messengers and teachers. He speaks to the ears of every heart, but it is not every heart which hears it. Her-His voice is louder than the thunder, and Her-His light is clearer than the sun — if […]
“The principles of mysticism rise from the heart of man; they are learnt by intuition and proved by reason.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan One might ask why man has lost that intuitive faculty. It is because he has become so absorbed in material gain that he has become, as it were, intoxicated by the worldly life; and […]
“We start our lives as teachers, and it is very hard for us to learn to become pupils. There are many whose only difficulty in life is that they are teachers already. What we have to learn is pupil-ship. There is but one Teacher, God Himself.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan In order to know the truth […]
“The man filled with the knowledge of names and forms has no capacity for the knowledge of Truth.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan A man filled with earthly knowledge and what he calls learning, is often only the knowledge of names and forms and has no capacity for the knowledge of truth or God. It is the […]
“When man is separated from God in his thought, his belief is of no use, his worship is of little use.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan God and man are like the two ends of one line. When a believer in God conceives of God as a separate entity and of man as a being separate from […]
“Wisdom can only be learned gradually, and every soul is not ready to receive or to understand the complexity of the purpose of life.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan Man likes complexity. He does not want to take only one step; it is more interesting to look forward to millions of steps. The man who is seeking […]
“Renunciation is always for a purpose; it is to kindle the soul that nothing may hold it back from God, but when it is kindled, the life of renunciation is not necessary.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan Renunciation has an automatic action on the heart of man, an action which very few realize because very few arrive […]
“There are those who are like a lighted candle: they can light other candles, but the other candles must be of wax – if they are of steel, they cannot be lighted.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan The voice of God is speaking all the time, but no one listens; therefore God has manifested as man, that […]
“It is better to pay than receive from the vain, for such favors demand ten times their cost.” -Hazrat Inayat Khan When a person says, ‘I will not allow you to take the best of me, if you are crooked I will show you ten times more crookedness,’ then he is clever. But when a […]
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