371 Quotes by Hazrat Inayat Khan

What a great thing is understanding! It is priceless. No man can give greater pleasure to his fellow man than by understanding him.

The purpose of creation is beauty. Nature in all its various aspects develops towards beauty, and therefore it is plain that the purpose of life is to evolve towards beauty.

The peace for which every soul strives and which is the true nature of God and the utmost goal of a man is but the outcome of harmony.

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.

The mystery of sound is mysticism; the harmony of life is religion. The knowledge of vibrations is metaphysics, the analysis of atoms is science, and their harmonious grouping is art. The rhythm of form is poetry, and the rhythm of sound is music. This shows that music is the art of arts and the science of allsciences; and it contains the fountain of all knowledge within itself.

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

The whole of life is as music and in order to study life we must study it as music. It is not only study, it is also practice which makes man perfect. If someone tells me that a certain person is miserable or wretched or distressed, my answer will be that he is out of tune.

It is a very high stage in the path of love when man really learns to love another with a love that asks no return.

In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians.