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…
• Divine desperateness is the beginning of spiritual awakening because it gives rise to the aspiration for God-realisation.
• One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.
• In the world, there are countless Sadhus, Mahatmas, Mahapurushas, Saints, Yogis, and Walis, though the number of genuine ones is very, very limited. I am…
• 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…
• The finding of God is the coming to one's own self.
• Art is a divine thing. It can only be rightly expressed if opposed, to bring out its inner beauty that lies behind.
• I am also an artist. I have the whole world as my canvas. I paint souls...
• I love artists, because through art one can express oneself beautifully.
• Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.
• Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.
• 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…
• 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…
• When a person tells others 'Be good,' he conveys to his hearers the feeling that he is good and they are not.
• Happiest is he who expects no happiness from others.
• illusion throughout is illusion. There is no end to it, just as there is no end to imagination.
• Life becomes meaningful and all activities are purposeful only on the basis of faith in the enduring reality.
• I am also a painter. I paint the hearts of people with colors of spirituality.
• There is only one question. And once you know the answer to that question there are no more to ask.
• Who says God has created this world? We have created it by our own imagination.

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