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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.

— Meher Baba Lord Meher (1986)

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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.

Life becomes meaningful and all activities are purposeful only on the basis of faith in the enduring reality.

Remember that the first step in spirituality is not to speak ill of others.

Lord Meher (1986)

The Infinite alone exists and is Real; the finite is passing and false.

The Everything and the Nothing (1963)

To attain union is so impossibly difficult because it is impossible to become what you already are! Union is nothing other than knowledge of oneself as the Only One.

The Everything and the Nothing (1963)

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