Meher Baba Quotes

Things that are real are given and received in silence.

A mind that is fast is sick. A mind that is slow is sound. A mind that is still is divine.

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.

When nothing upsets you, you are at the beginning of the path. When you desire nothing, you are halfway on the path; when nothing becomes everything, you are perfected.

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 are lost in it, your ego diminishes. And when the ego diminishes, love infinite appears.

According to the law that governs the universe,all sufferings are your labor of love to unveil your real self.

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.

Pure love is matchless in majesty; it has no parallel in power and there is no darkness it cannot dispel.

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.

One of the most difficult things to learn is to render service without bossing, without making a fuss about it, and without any consciousness of high and low. In the world of spirituality, humility counts at least as much as utility.

Every good work has to face opposition, and the reaction of the opposition offered always helps the work.

The best way to cleanse the heart and prepare for the stilling of the mind is to lead a normal, worldly life. Living in the midst of your day-to-day duties, responsibilities, likes, dislikes, etc., will help you. All these become the very means for the purification of your heart.

The experiences are so innumerable and varied, that the journey appears to be interminable and the Destination is ever out of sight. But the wonder of it is, when at last you reach your Destination you find that you had never travelled at all! It was a journey from here to Here.

Desire nothing except desirelessness.
Hope for nothing except to rise above all hopes.
Want nothing and you will have everything.

Divine desperateness is the beginning of spiritual awakening because it gives rise to the aspiration for God-realisation.

No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.

Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.

Why is it so difficult to find God? Because you’re looking for something you’ve never lost.

What I want from my Lovers is real unadulterated love, and from my genuine workers I expect real work done.

Feelings and emotions are only the creation of mind and energy. Love is the creation of the soul.

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 neither a Mahatma nor a Mahapurush, neither a Sadhu nor a Saint, neither a Yogi nor a Wali. I am the ancient One. The Highest of the High!

It is not so much that you are within the cosmos but that the cosmos is within you.

Live a sincere life; be natural, and be honest with yourself.