' To Tolerate '...

A stupid or simple person is always ready to see
the wrong in another and ready to form an opinion
and to judge.

But you will find a wise person
expressing his opinion of others quite differently,
always trying to tolerate and always trying to forgive
still more.

The present is the reflection of the past,
and the future will be the echo of the present; this
saying will always prove true.




- Hazrat Inayat Khan

Hazrat Inayat Khan
Mastery Through Accomplishment
Omega Press, 1978