When love is not at its height, it always creates a mess.
MEHER BABAIf 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!
More Meher Baba Quotes
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God has been everlastingly working in Silence, unobserved, unheard, except by those who experience His Infinite Silence. Those who have got the courage and wisdom to surrender themselves to a Perfect Master are the recipients of His Grace.
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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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What I want from my lovers is real, unadulterated love, and from my genuine workers I expect real work done.
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When the mind soars in pursuit of the things conceived in space…it pursues emptiness; but when man dives deep within himself, he experiences the fullness of existence.
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Forgiveness 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.)
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There is no greater romance in life than this adventure in realization.
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Love is nothing if it is not spontaneous. It cannot be a conclusion of reasoning.
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Life becomes meaningful and all activities are purposeful only on the basis of faith in the enduring reality.
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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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Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others. Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving. So learn to love and give, and not to expect anything from others.
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Being is Dying by Loving.
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Truth is simple, but Illusion makes it infinitely intricate. The person is rare who possesses an insatiable longing for Truth; the rest allow Illusion to bind them ever more and more.
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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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There is only one question. And once you know the answer to that question there are no more to ask.
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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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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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Why is it so difficult to find God? Because you’re looking for something you’ve never lost.
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Art is one of the sources through which the soul expresses itself and inspires others. But to express art thoroughly, one must have the inner emotions opened thoroughly.
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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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You must make bold experiments in life!
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The objective of spiritual advancement is not so much ‘works’ but the quality of life free from ego-consciousness.
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Nothing is the shadow of Everything.
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I am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with colors of spirituality.
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Illusion throughout is illusion. There is no end to it, just as there is no end to imagination.
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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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Long for what is real. You will then have no time for worrying over what may never happen.
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