The Teaching of Hazrat Inayat Khan

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He shares them, but he refuses what the majority wants him to do. It is against his principle certainly; but what the majority wishes him to do he refuses although he does not refuse the privileges. If he refuses the privileges also it is different. If he does like the sages, if he goes away from the country and stays in solitude under the shade of a tree, it is different. If he does not want money, if he says, "I do not compete with you; I do not want to have any benefit from your progress in life; I do not keep any money that a thief can steal from me, for which I might then have to come to your court", then it is different. But if a person is ready to share all privileges that belong to the country, and then when the need of defence comes says, "It is against my principle", that is quite another matter. Never think that this means standing up for war. But at the same time let the little boys be capable of everything.


 
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