“Be sincere; talk only about your genuine experience; do not distort, exaggerate or falsify that experience.”

— Sathya Sai Baba

As quoted in Sathyam Sivam Sundaram (The Life Story of Sathya Sai Baba) by N. Kasturi, Ch. XXVI : Holy Joy http://www.ineval.org/sai/Teachings/SathyamSivamSundaram/s1026.html

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