If there is such a thing as saintly renunciation, it is renouncing small gains for better gains; not for no gains, but seeing with open eyes what is better and what is inferior. Even if the choice has to lie between two momentary gains, one of these would always be found to be more real and lasting; that is the one that should be followed for the time.
Hazrat Inayat KhanYou carry all the ingredients to turn your existence into joy. Mix them, Mix them!
Hazrat Inayat KhanLove is the Divine Mother's arms; when those arms are spread, every Soul falls Into them.
Hazrat Inayat KhanThe 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