If I were to ask the famous Henry Ford to come over here and do what I tell him to do, would he do it? Never! But if I were to make a thousand-year-old corpse come alive before his eyes, he would jump at the chance to stay here and wash my clothes!
MEHER BABAEvery good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.
More Meher Baba Quotes
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Suffering is essential for the elimination of the ego, just as it was necessary for you to scrub and scrub in order to wash the stain from my coat.
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The seeker asking, Where is God? Is really God saying, Where indeed is the seeker!
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Seek a reality deeper than the changing forms.
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…the more a person becomes spiritually minded or advances towards God, the more tolerant he becomes and the less differentiation he sees.
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The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life
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Things that are real are given and received in silence.
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If God can be found through the medium of any drug, God is not worthy of being God.
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What will the present chaos lead to? How will it all end? It can only end in one way. Mankind will be sick of it all.
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Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.
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Only in the human form is it possible for life to attain its final goal, which is to realize the all-pervading and infinite Divinity.
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God has to be temporarily cruel in order to be permanently kind.
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I only know one yoga: ‘You Go.’
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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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Sometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness.
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The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.
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