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Sathya Sai Baba was an Indian saint born on November 23, 1926, and passed away on April 24, 2011. He was considered a spiritual guide to Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, and other religions, known for his miracles, prophecies, and charitable work.

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“Agriculture is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more for the comfort of man; studies are for shaping attitudes, feelings, desires, emotions and impulses of man, so that they may confer more peace, more joy and more fortitude on man.”

Men Mind May Feelings Joy Desire Culture Emotion Attitude Study Materials Comfort Skills Impulse Agriculture Fortitude Material Things Life Skills

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“Devotional singing induces in you a desire for experiencing the truth, to glimpse the beauty that is God, to taste the bliss that is the Self. It encourages man to dive into himself and be genuinely his real Self.”

Men Real Self Desire Taste Singing Bliss Glimpse Devotional Real Self Bhajans

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“Study the lives of our great women, who were models of patience, fortitude, compassion and sacrifice. I desire that you should take up the reins of leadership and bring peace and prosperity to the nation by leading ideal lives.”

Should Desire Nations Compassion Study Sacrifice Models Ideals Prosperity Fortitude Reins Great Women Ideal Life

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“One should cultivate human values for healthy living. this calls for harmony in thought, word and deed. When you cultivate this harmony you will be free from desires and fears.”

Should Humans Desire Values Healthy Harmony Deeds Healthy Living Human Values

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“Man's many desires are like the small metal coins he carries about in his pocket. The more he has the more they weight him down.”

Men Desire Hope Weight Pockets Carrie Metals Coins

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“Women are concerned about the purity and welfare of the community. ? While the father's love was related to mundane desires, the mother's love was related to spiritual concerns.”

Spiritual Mother Desire Father Community Concern Concerned Welfare Related Purity Mundane Mother's Love

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“Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel.”

Desire Greater Asking Burning Fuel Fury Bonfire

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

Running Desire Morning Sun Shadow Morning Sun

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“LIFE + DESIRE = MAN; LIFE - DESIRE = GOD.”

Men Desire

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“Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity.”

Desire Memories Emotion Fire Wave Storm Equanimity

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“As worldly thoughts diminish, thoughts of God increase. Normally, the mind is all the time desiring these worldly things. As the desires are cut out one by one, the peace becomes stronger.”

Mind Desire Cutting Increase Stronger Worldly Diminish Worldly Things

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“If the desires are cut off one by one, then there is peace. When the desires go one by one then there is die-mind. Then there is peace of mind.”

Ifs Mind Desire Dies Cutting Peace Of Mind

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“You are still in 100% body consciousness. Do not stay with this body consciousness. Remove that. What will remain will be Atma-consciousness. Then there will be no anger, no hatred, no envy, no jealousy, no hunger, no desire . . . only complete Ananda . . . only bliss, bliss, bliss!”

Stills Body Desire Consciousness Conscious Hunger Envy Bliss Remove No Anger

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“I - Want - Peace, I is ego, Want is desire; Remove ego and desire and you have peace.”

Want Desire Ego Remove

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“People say "I want peace." If you remove I (ego), and your want (desire), you are left with peace.”

People Ifs Want Life Desire Left Simple Ego Simplicity Inner Peace Remove Simple Life Simple Things Simple Living Being At Peace

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“I never asked you to earn me. I want only that you should need me. Your path is not one of merit. Bring the recurring desires of your mind to me, every time they emerge. They cannot shock me, for I willed them! Bring me your confusion, your fear, your craving, your anxiety, your inability to love the world, your hesitation to serve, your jealousy, all the deficiencies that defy your spiritual disciplines.”

“What do we lose by another's good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them. That should be our desire and determination.”

Should Desire Loses Determination Fortune Strive Celebrate Celebration Good Fortune Emulate

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“Desire is storm, greed is whirlpool, pride is precipice, attachment is avalanche, ego is volcano. Discard desire and you are liberated.”

Desire Pride Ego Greed Storm Attachment Liberated Volcanoes Precipice Avalanches Whirlpools

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About the Author

Born: November 23, 1926
Died: April 24, 2011
Known for: Saint
Quotes: 413

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