Sai Baba Quotes
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.
- All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
- Always respect another's opinion and another's point of view.
- Before you speak, think -Is it necessary? Is it true? Is it kind? Will it hurt anyone? Will it improve on the silence?
- Discipline trains you to put up with disappointments, every rose has a thorn.
- Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.
- Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.
- Life is a song - sing it. Life is a game - play it. Life is a challenge - meet it. Life is a dream - realize it. Life is a sacrifice - offer it. Life is love - enjoy it.
- Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.
- Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.
- Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.
- Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.
- Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.
- Old age is the fourth stage. By the time one reaches this stage of his journey, he must have discovered that the joys available in this world are trivial and fleeting. He must be equipped with the higher knowledge of spiritual joy, available through delving into the inner spring of Bliss. Through his experiences, his heart must have softened and be filled with compassion. He has to be engrossed in promoting the progress of all beings without distinction. And he must be eager to share with others the knowledge he has accumulated and the benefit of his experiences.
- Once we surrender our mind to GOD completely, HE will take care of us in every way.
- Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of
- Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.
- 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.
- The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.
- Treat all as your own self. Do not have a double standard.
- What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.
- What you would desire others to do for you, you should do for others. You should respect others, as you want to be respected by them.
- You have it in your power to make your days on Earth a path of flowers, instead of a path of thorns.
- You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!
- You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song.
- Teachers are reservoirs from which, through the process of education, students draw the water of life.
- You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind.
- Life is a bridge over the sea of changes. Do not build a house on it.
- Instead of focusing on the external characteristics of others, you focus on their inner feelings, particularly as it is reflected in their behavior and expressions. You gauge the thoughts in another's mind and the feelings in their hearts by carefully watching what they say and do. When you have this kind of vision, you become concerned primarily with the deeper feelings and motivations of the other person
- Unity is the secret of social progress, and service to society is the means to promote it.
- God will not ask you when and where you did service? He will ask, with what motive did you do it? What was the intention that prompted you? You may weigh the service and boast of its quantity. But God seeks quality - the quality of heart, the purity of mind, the holiness of motive.
- Where there is FAITH, there is LOVE; Where there is LOVE; there is PEACE; Where there is PEACE; there is GOD; Where there is GOD; there is BLISS.
- For the progress of humanity, work alone is not adequate, but the work should be associated with love, compassion, right conduct, truthfulness and sympathy. Without the above qualities, selfless service cannot be performed.
- The tree can teach you forbearance and tolerance. It offers shade to all, irrespective of age, sex or religion, nationality or status. It helps with fruit and shade even to the foe who lays his axe on its trunk! The dog can teach you a lesson in Faith, Self-less service and the process of Dedication.
- The body has to be utilized for service to others. More bliss can be got from serving others than from merely serving oneself.
- Willingness to compromise with others’ ways of living and cooperation in common tasks, these make living happy and fruitful.
- The cure that Baba has given us for this malady, is service. Service slowly and steadily broadens one's heart, bringing with it an unexpected feeling of happiness, and it begins to transform the community around us as well.
- Open the gates of wisdom, tear the veil of ignorance, enter the abode of Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever.
- The service of man is the only means by which you can serve GOD.
- IF the parent is a drunkard, a gambler and a cheat, no amount of textbook ethics can cure the sons. I like children and the young innocence. I will not allow them to be blamed. The fault lies wholly on the shoulders of the elders, the parents, and the leaders who shape the norms which they imbibe.
- Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life.
- In the first stage of boyhood, he is led from ignorance and 'innocence' into the world of knowledge, when he is accepted as a pupil by a Guru (Preceptor). After that, he has to serve the Guru and obey him, without feeling burdened and bound. In the second stage of youth, he has to share with society the means and measures for its progress and security; he has to start earning for his livelihood and spending his income with intelligent care; he has also the duty of providing examples to those younger than himself and guide them into socially useful paths. At the same time, he must follow the footsteps of elders and learn from them lessons for his own advancement.
- If God is a flower, you should feel yourself a bee that sucks its honey.
- Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart.
- Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted.
- Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss.
- The values a man must cherish as his life-breath are, Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non violence.
- Let us grow together, enjoy together;
- Wealth that you hoard is not yours; wealth that you have given is really yours.
- LIFE is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude between two wars. You have no rose without a thorn; the diligent picker will avoid the pricks and gather the flower. There is no bee without the sting; cleverness consists in gathering the honey nevertheless.
- No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you; you hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep for pain. The kite is pursued by the crows so long as it carries the fish in its beak, it twists and turns in the sky trying to last and it drops the fish. That moment it is free. So give up the attachment to the senses; then grief and worry can harass you no more.
- 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.
- The greatest fear man can have is the fear of losing GOD's Love.
- Too much food results in dullness of mind.
- A language is as sweet as the tongues of the speakers.
- Every experience that is drawn through any of the senses has an effect on one's health.
- Love all beings; that is enough.
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