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It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for many decades better a short lived celestial swan than a century-lived crow.
Sathya Sai Baba
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Sathya Sai Baba
Age: 84 †
Born: 1926
Born: November 23
Died: 2011
Died: April 24
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Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Willing is superfluous for Me. For grace is ever available to devotees who have steady love and faith. Since I move freely with them, talking and singing, even intellectuals are unable to grasp My Truth, My power, My glory or My real task as Avatar.
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