He who can live up to his ideal is the king of life; he who cannot live up to it is life's slave. Bowl of Saki, February 28, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: The ideal life is at least to try to live up to one's ideal. But in order to have an ideal one must first awaken to an ideal. Not everyone possesses an ideal; many people do not know of it. It is no exaggeration to say that the wars and disasters we have gone through, the unrest that all feel, and the... Sign in to see full entry.