Desire Quote by Sathya Sai Baba

“Desire is like the shadow caused by the morning sun; it gets longer when you run to catch it...”

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There is no one who can change My course or affect My conduct to the slightest extent. I am the Master over all.

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Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state.

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Knowledge that is not put into practice is like food that is not digested.

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The sincere effort to accept and promote the human values - Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Non-Violence and Love. These five values are a essential for a full and worthwhile life as the five vital airs or pranas mentioned in the scriptures.

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God is one; there are not many Gods, one for each tribe among men.

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If you live on the level of the Body and the Individual, you will get entangled in food, fun and frolic, ease, envy and pride. Forget it, ignore it, overcome it - You will have peace, joy and calm. In the Divine Path, there is no chance of failure; it is the Path of Love.

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Where there is no purity, there is no Unity. Without Unity you cannot attain Divinity. Then your life is just a waste. First purity,…

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It is when you experience another's suffering as your own that your human values is manifested.

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My construction will cover the entire Universe.

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The mother must set the example in holding out the shrine as the heart of the house hold! She must enforce discipline over the…

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You weave the threads and there is the cloth. If the threads are removed, there is no longer cloth. When there are Godly thoughts,…

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Your sight must become an insight; it must be turned within and used to purify and clarify your mind.

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He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her up, though tottering himself. He felt as if his head were filled with smoke; flashes of light slipped through his eyelids; his thoughts vanished; it seemed to him that he was performing a religious act, and…

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