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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.

Meher Baba

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Meher Baba
Age: 74 †
Born: 1894
Born: February 25
Died: 1969
Died: January 31
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Let not the dirt of the sanskaras of your thoughts and deeds touch you, by surrendering every thought and act at the feet of your Guru. As a laundryman washes and cleans clothes, in the same way, I remove all the dirt which has stuck to you through your thoughts and actions.
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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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Illusion throughout is illusion. There is no end to it, just as there is no end to imagination.
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Form is solidified energy, energy is an expression of the mind, the mind is the covered mirror of Eternity, and Eternity is the Truth, which has thrown off the mask of the mind.
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Just think you are the greatest. Where's the harm in thinking like that? It is not for pride you do it, but for bringing the best out of you. There is nothing wrong.
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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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Love can attain what the intellect cannot fathom.
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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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Love is the reflection of God's unity in the world of duality. It constitutes the entire significance of creation.
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God alone is real, and all else is illusion.
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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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You must make bold experiments in life!
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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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When the bubble of ignorance bursts the self realizes its oneness with the indivisible Self. Words that proceed from the Source of Truth have real meaning. But when men speakthese words as their own, the words become meaningless.
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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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People wait for the big moment, the great event, and forget that happiness comes from building steadily on the small daily things of life. People wait for that special moment to express love and forget that love springs from thoughtfulness practised every day. People wait, but waiting is future and NOW is always the time.
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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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Don't Worry Be Happy
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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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Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.
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