Nothing is the shadow of Everything.
MEHER BABASometimes our weakness is considered strength, and we take delight in borrowed greatness.
More Meher Baba Quotes
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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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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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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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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!
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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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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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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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The best course for My lover is to remember Me wholeheartedly as much as one can…and leave the rest to Me.
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Why is it so difficult to find God? Because you’re looking for something you’ve never lost.
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Things that are real are given and received in silence.
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Whether men soar to outer space or dive to the bottom of the deepest ocean they will find themselves as they are, unchanged, because they will not have forgotten themselves nor remembered to exercise the charity of forgiveness.
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All illusion comes and goes, but the soul remains unchanged.
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There is no difference in the realization of the Truth either by a Muslim, Hindu, Zoroastrian, or a Christian. The difference is only in words and terms. Truth is not the monopoly of a particular race or religion.
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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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Since male and female incarnations are equally necessary for self-knowledge, it is not right to look upon one as being more important than the other.
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What I want from my lovers is real, unadulterated love, and from my genuine workers I expect real work done.
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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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Long for what is real. You will then have no time for worrying over what may never happen.
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According to the law that governs the universe,all sufferings are your labor of love to unveil your real self.
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When love is not at its height, it always creates a mess.
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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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When you paint, you forget everything except your object. When you are too much engrossed in it, you are lost in it. And when you are lost in it, your ego diminishes. And when the ego diminishes, love infinite appears.
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Divine desperateness is the beginning of spiritual awakening because it gives rise to the aspiration for God-realisation.
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Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.
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The entire life of the personal ego is continually in the grip of wanting, i. e., an attempt to seek fulfilment of desires through things that change and vanish. But there can be no real fulfilment through the transient things
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All illusion comes and goes, but the soul remains unchanged. What is meant by God-realization is to actually experience this important thing that the soul is eternal.
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