To fall beneath one's ideal is to lose one's share of life. Bowl of Saki, September 28, by Hazrat Inayat Khan Commentary by Pir-o-Murshid Inayat Khan: If anyone asked me what is the life of life, and what is the light of life, what gives one interest in life, I should answer him in one word, and that is: the ideal. A man with wealth, with qualifications, with learning, with comfort, but without ideal to me is a corpse; but a man without learning, without qualifications, without wealth or rank,... Sign in to see full entry.