Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes

There are no disappointments to those whose wills are buried in the will of God.

In cold and heat, in rain and wind, the soul united to God says, "I want it to be warm, to be cold, windy, to rain, because God wills it."

Holiness does not consist in doing extraordinary things. It consists in accepting, with a smile, what Jesus sends us. It consists in accepting and following the will of God.

We can all pray. We all should pray. We should ask the fulfillment of Gods will. We should ask for courage, wisdom, for the quietness of soul which comes alone to them who place their lives in His hands.

Pray till prayer makes you forget your own wish, and leave it or merge it in God's will.

I know that for me I have to get out of the way and let God take control.

We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can - namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us.

The success and the failure are not my concern, but His.

It is the Higher Power which does everything, and the man is only a tool. If he accepts that position, he is free from troubles; otherwise, he courts them.

Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.

To will what God doth will, that is the only science that gives us any rest.

It is permissible to take life's blessings with both hands provided thou dost know thyself prepared in the opposite event to take them just as gladly. This applies to food and friends and kindred, to anything God gives and takes away... As long as God is satisfied do thou rest content. If he is pleased to want something else of thee, still rest content.

I am always content with what happens; for I know that what God chooses is better than what I choose.

Grace is ever present. All that is necessary is that you surrender to it.

God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.

All that God asks you most pressingly is to go out of yourself … and let God be God in you

Accept the long night patiently, quietly, humbly, and resignedly as intended for your true good. It is not a punishment for sin committed but an instrument of annihilating egoism.

If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us.

It matters not to me what I do, or what I suffer, so long as I abide loveingly united to God's will - that is my whole business.

That we ought to give ourselves up to GOD, with regard both to things temporal and spiritual, and seek our satisfaction only in the fulfilling of His will, whether He lead us by suffering or by consolation, for all would be equal to a soul truly resigned

I would rather a thousand times be five minutes at the feet of Christ than listen a lifetime to all the wise men in the world.

If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will, and remaining in tranquility, humility, and devotion, entirely conformed and submissive to His divine will and good pleasure.

A certain giving up of control is good for the soul.

Prayer doesn't bend God's arm but it's guaranteed to bend our hearts toward His will. Worry less. Pray more.

Resignation is a quality of the saintly souls.