All that lives is striving for happiness; yet a thousand and one pains and fears attend upon every pleasure which man seeks through the ignorance of exclusiveness.
MEHER BABALive a sincere life; be natural, and be honest with yourself.
More Meher Baba Quotes
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When a person tells others “Be good,” he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not.
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I love artists, because through art one can express oneself beautifully.
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Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.
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There is only one question. And once you know the answer to that question there are no more to ask.
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Irrespective of doubts and convictions, and for the Infinite Love I bear for one and all, I continue to come as the Avatar, to be judged time and again by humanity in its ignorance, in order to help man distinguish the Real from the false.
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If you are convinced of God’s existence then it rests with you to seek Him, to see Him and to realize Him. Do not search for God outside of you. God can only be found within you, for His only abode is the heart.
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Worry is the product of feverish imagination working under the stimulus of desires… It is a necessary resultant of attachment to the past or to the anticipated future, and it always persists in some form or other until the mind is completely detached from everything.
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Nothing is the shadow of Everything.
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Art when inspired with love leads to higher realms, and that art will open for you the inner life.
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To attain union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are! Union is nothing other than knowledge of oneself as the Only One.
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When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.
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This whole universe, with all its vastness, grandeur and beauty, is nothing but sheer imagination. In spite of so many discoveries, researches and scientific knowledge, the creation remains a great unsolved riddle.
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There is no such thing as evil. Only relative degrees of good.
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One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.
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The best way to cleanse the heart and prepare for the stilling of the mind is to lead a normal, worldly life. Living in the midst of your day-to-day duties, responsibilities, likes, dislikes, etc., will help you. All these become the very means for the purification of your heart.
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