Music seems to be the bridge over the gulf between form and the formless..

Every living being on earth loves life above all else. The smallest insect, whose life lasts only an instant, tries to escape from any danger in orde….

Spiritual progress is the changing of the point of view..

Mastery lies not merely in stilling the mind, but in directing it towards whatever point we desire, in allowing it to be active as far as we wish, in….

If a person is cold and rigid, he feels within himself as if he were in a grave. He is not living, he cannot enjoy this life for he cannot express hi….

Many say that life entered the human body by the help of music, but the truth is that life itself is music..

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 t….

From the metaphysical point of view there is nothing that can touch the formless except the art of music which in itself is formless..

I had composed songs, I sang, and played the vina. Practising this music I arrived at a stage where I touched the music of the spheres. Then every so….

He who with sincerity seeks his real purpose in life is himself sought by that purpose..

The one thing to rely upon is God's favor. Do not build either on your study or on your meditation, although they both help you. But you are dependen….

There is a light within every soul; it only needs the clouds that overshadow it to be broken for it to beam forth..

All the great persons of the world, whatever had been their mission in life, proved their greatness by this one quality: endurance. The enduring pers….

We can be under the power of a spell, but we must overcome such a power; we must liberate ourselves from evil. Everyone can fight..

The 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 abl….

Music is the basis of the whole creation. In reality the whole of creation is music, and what we call music is simply a miniature of the original mu….

Repose is the secret of all contemplation and meditation, the secret of getting in tune with that aspect of life which is the essence of all things. ….

Once you have given up your limited self willingly to the Unlimited, you will rejoice so much in that consciousness that you will not care to be smal….

Music should be healing. Music should uplift the soul. Music should inspire..

Sufism is not a religion or a philosophy, it is neither deism nor atheism, nor is it a moral, nor a special kind of mysticism, being free from the us….

There should be balance in all our actions; to be either extreme or lukewarm is equally bad..