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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 Baba

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.
MEHER BABA

Depth Ocean Plunge Shore Surface
I am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with colors of spirituality.
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Color Heart Painter People Spiritual
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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Convey Feeling Good Goodness Hear Person Share
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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Fleeting Satisfaction Unfulfilled Want Worry
What I want from my lovers is real, unadulterated love, and from my genuine workers I expect real work done.
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Done Expert Genuine Real Unadulterated Wanted Work
Through endless time God’s greatest gift is continuously given in silence. But when mankind becomes completely deaf to the thunder of His Silence God incarnates as Man.
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Continuously Endless Time God Greatest Incarnate Man Mankind Silence
Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.
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Difficulty Giving Greatness Opportunity Overcoming
The happiness of God-realization is self-sustained, eternally fresh and unfailing, boundless and indescribable. And it is for this happiness that the world has sprung into existence.
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Boundless Eternally God Happiness Realization Self Sustain Unfailing World
Love is the reflection of God’s unity in the world of duality. It constitutes the entire significance of creation.
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Constitute Creation Diversity Duality God Love Reflection Unity
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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Beauty Discovery Grandeur Imagination Research Vastness
If we suffer in the sufferings of others and feel happy in the happiness of others, we are loving God.
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God Happiness Loving Suffering Vegetarian
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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Dear Fellow God Love Ones Practical Way
I am the Avatar of this Age!
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Age Avatar Generation Time
Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others.
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Expect Giving Happiest Happiness Receiving
Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.
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Face Good Helping Opposition Reaction Work
Love and forgiveness is not for the faint-hearted.
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Faint Forgiveness Hearted Love

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.

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