Pir Vilayat Khan Quotes

No matter where you go you are what you are player and you can try to change but that's just the top layer man you was who you was before you got here

No matter where you go, you are what you are playa.

My grandmother had a great saying. It always stuck with me: 'People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.' They've got to see it and feel it. And it's for real. And that's all. Be who you are.

You can't get away from who you are I guess.

It is good to connect to someone who reminds you that you have some real authenticity.

You have to strip people of their poses and disguises.

I take pride in creating genuine relationships with people that genuinely care about you.

You're not a combination of all your labels. You just are.

They can give you all the pills on earth and do whatever - and you're still yourself.

Be your self! All you are now doing, thinking, desiring, is not you yourself.

I see behind each mask that wonder a kindred soul.

But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even the one your parents gave you. You know who you really are. When you're alone at night, looking up at the stars, or maybe lying in your bed in total darkness, you know that nameless person inside you...Your muscles will toughen. So will your heart and soul. That's necessary for survival. But don't lose touch with that person deep inside you, or else you won't really have survived at all.

Love is the part of us that is real.

One is what one is, and the dishonesty of hiding behind a degree, or a title, or any manner and collection of words, is still exactly that: dishonest.

Nobody cares about worthiness. People care about what is real inside of you.

The secret is to have a sense of yourself, your real self, your unique self. And not just once in a while, or once a day, but all through the day, the week and life.

The soul is the truth of who we are.

Your personality is a tool of your soul.

After all, what is your personal identity? It is what you really are, your real self. None of us is what he thinks he is, or what other people think he is, still less what his passport says he is. And it is fortunate for most of us that we are mistaken. We do not generally know what is good for us. That is because, in St. Bernard's language, our true personality has been concealed under the 'disguise' of a false self, the ego, whom we tend to worship in place of God.

Be real. Make connections with people. Look them in the eye. Tell them how you feel. Don't be afraid to say what you mean. When you let go of the stuff you hold inside, you'll be amazed at what comes back to you.

I don't believe that we are what we do although many thinkers argue otherwise. I believe that what we do is, very often, a poor approximation of what we are -- an imperfect manifestation of a much better totality. Even the best of us sometimes bite off, as it were, less than we can chew.

The real you is not a puppet that life pushes around, the real deep down you is the whole universe.

I like, though, that people have a hunger to connect with other people. They're desperate to know that you're not lying to them or misleading them.

What you are is a question only you can answer.

I'm just like my fans, and that's the way I like it.