108 Quotations on Faith in God [53]

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108 Quotations on Faith in God

>From Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourses

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Life is a pilgrimage, where man drags his feet along the rough and thorny

road. With the Name of God on his lips, he will have no thirst; with the Form

of God in his heart, he will feel no exhaustion. The company of the holy will

inspire him to travel in hope and faith. The assurance that God is within call,

that He is ever near, will lend strength to his limbs and courage to his eye.

Remember that with every step, you are nearing God; and God too, takes ten

steps towards you when you take one step towards Him. There is no stopping

place in this pilgrimage; it is one continuous journey, through day and night;

through valley and desert; through tears and smiles; through death and birth,

through tomb and womb.

When the road ends, and the Goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has

travelled only from himself to himself, that the way was long and lonesome, but

the God that led him unto it was all the while in him, around him, with him, and

beside him! He himself was always Divine. His yearning to merge in God was but

the sea calling to the Ocean! Man loves, because He is Love! He craves for

melody and harmony, because He is melody and harmony. He seeks Joy, for He is

Joy. He thirsts for God, for he is composed of God, and he cannot exist without

Him.

– Sri Sathya Sai Baba

Sri Sathya Sai Baba's Divine Discourse on 5.3.1968 Sathya Sai Speaks,

Volume VIII, Chapter 9: The true tablet, Section: Man thirsts for God and

cannot live without Him. Online:

http://sathyasai.org/search/volume08/sss08-09.pdf