Hazrat Inayat Khan Quotes

Unless and until you have developed a heart inundated with compassion, do not sit on the seat of judgement.

To understand all is to forgive all.

Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace.

Grant people a lifetime of forgiveness before you even meet them.

No one thing does human life more need than a kind consideration of the faults of others. Every one sins; everyone needs forbearance. Our own imperfections should teach us to be merciful.

I just don't know that shame and fear need to be our teachers; rather, compassion, understanding, and love should be our guides.

My desire is to be a forgiving, non-judgmental person.

One forgives to the degree that one loves.

To love is human, it is also human to forgive.

To win hearts, smile kindly on people's weaknesses.

Let us be very gentle with our neighbors' failings, and forgive our friends their debts as we hope ourselves to be forgiven.

Who understands much forgives much. To understand everything makes us very forgiving.

We have to have a deep, patient compassion for the fears of others and irrational mania of those who hate or condemn us.

This topic of judging others could actually be taught in a two-word sermon. When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it! It’s that simple. We simply have to stop judging others and replace judgmental thoughts and feelings with a heart full of love for God and His children.

I am pleading for the future; I am pleading for a time when hatred and cruelty will not control the hearts of men. When we can learn by, reason and judgment and understanding and faith that all life is worth saving, and that mercy is the highest attribute of man.

If I could have one wish, it would be for people to look at one another with open hearts and minds. Most of all, to look at each other with compassion. No matter who they are.

When men hate or blame you, or say hurtful things about you, look deeply into their hearts and see what kind of men they are. You'll see how unnecessary it is to strain after their good opinion. Yet you must still think kindly of them. they are your neighbors. The gods help them as they do you, by dreams and oracles, to win their hearts' desires.

One should be gentle with the ignorant, for they are the chosen of God.

Most women got this thing called compassion. It doesn't make them foolish, just more forgiving. More capable of trying and hoping things worked out.

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

You can't expect everyone to love you. I'm not someone who just wants to throw out hate, just because.

A loving heart is the truest wisdom.

I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.