God has to be temporarily cruel in order to be permanently kind.
MEHER BABAForgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive is hard; but it is the best thing if one can do it.)
More Meher Baba Quotes
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Love and forgiveness is not for the faint-hearted.
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I am the Avatar of this Age!
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God alone is real, nothing matters but love for God.
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Joke I read somewhere: They say that God is the innermost dweller of all. Well I hope He likes enchiladas – cause that’s what He’s getting! Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.
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But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as the sun.
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A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.
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To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears!
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Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.
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Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.
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The intellect of most persons is harnessed by innumerable wants. From the spiritual point of view, such a life is the lowest type of human existence. The highest type of human existence is free from all wants and is characterised by sufficiency or contentment.
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Those who speculate from the shore about the ocean shall know only its surface, but those who would know the depths of the ocean must be willing to plunge into it.
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It’s a divine art to be cheerful.
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I love everybody. Each one plays the role they have to play, but in the spiritual arena there are people who are even closer to me than that.
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Nothing is the shadow of Everything.
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To love God in the most practical way is to love our fellow beings. If we feel for others in the same way as we feel for our own dear ones, we love God.
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