Wednesday, May 2, 2012

108 Quotes of Sri Sathya Sai Baba



  • 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.
  • Discipline is the mark of intelligent living
  • When calamity approaches, discrimination departs.
  • A man's well-being depends upon his degree of contentment. 
  • God is all Names and all forms.
  • Follow the Master, face the devil, fight to the end, finish the game.
  • Real happiness lies within you.
  • All things in creation are subject to the law of change, and man, too, is subject to this law.
  • Renunciation is the power of battling against evil forces and holding the mind in check.
  • The teachers of tomorrow are the students of today.
  • God is not to be spoken of as coming down or going up, since HE is everywhere.
  • Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.
  • What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man?  It is Love, Love for all humanity.
  • Each man carries his destiny in his own hands.
  • Whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with GOD, that is the state of meditation.
  • Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.
  • Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker.
  • Service springs out of LOVE and it scatters LOVE in profusion.
  • Ignorance is the most important cause of sorrow.
  • Once we surrender our mind to GOD completely, HE will take care of us in every way.
  • Have constructive thoughts, consoling words, compassionate acts.
  • 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.
  • The end of knowledge is LOVE.  The end of education is character.
  • LOVE is the scarcest article today.
  • Mine, not thine; this sense of greed is the root of all evil.  This distinction is applied even to GOD! -- my GOD, not yours! Your GOD, not mine!
  • All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel.
  • The mind fixed in the awareness of the ONE is line a rock; unaffected by doubt, stable, secure.
  • LOVE lives by giving and forgiving.  Self lives by getting and forgetting.
  • GOD is the doer; you are but the instrument.
  • The heart of man, which is now allowed to lie fallow, has to be ploughed by spiritual exercises like repetition of GOD's name.
  • GOD is neither distant, nor distinct from you.
  • What is meant by the phrase "to know GOD"? It means "to love GOD".
  • When there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nation.  When there is order in the nation, there will be PEACE in the world.
  • The beauty of life depends upon our good habits.
  • Good company is important, it helps to cultivate good qualities.
  • You cannot see ME, but I am the light you see by.  You cannot hear ME, but I am the sound you hear by.  You cannot know ME, but I am the truth by which you live.
  • Be ever watchful to see that you strive to take in more and more of GOD into you.
  • If you honour your mother, the Mother of the Universe will guard you against harm.
  • The same current activates all.
  • GOD gave you the time, space, cause, material, idea, skill, chance and fortune.  Why should you feel as if you are the doer?
  • Make the home a seal of harmony.
  • Have no desires to place before GOD, whatever HE does with you, however HE treats you, is the gift that HE likes best to give you!
  • Unity is divinity; purity is enlightenment.
  • Always respect another's opinion and another's point of view.
  • Food should not be too salty, too hot, too bitter, too sweet, too sour.
  • Reason can prevail only when arguments are advanced without the whipping up of sound.
  • Take failure and victory cooly.
  • There should not be any trace of dislike or distrust on the score of nationality, language, caste, economic status, scholarship, age or sex.
  • Your thoughts, words, and deeds will shape others and theirs will shape you.
  • GOD is ONE without a second.
  • The service of man is the only means by which you can serve GOD.
  • By eating flesh one develops violent tendencies and animal diseases.
  • The PEACE that pervades the heart can never be shaken for any reason; only PEACE of this kind is worthy of the name.
  • As close as you are to GOD, so close is GOD to you.
  • Immortality is the fruit of sacrifice.
  • The grace of GOD is like insurance.  It will help you in your time of need without any limit.
  • When you feel you cannot do good, at least desist from doing evil.
  • LOVE seeks no reward; LOVE is its own reward.
  • The joy that we cause in the heart of GOD is the only worthwhile achievement.
  • Do not get attached to worldly things and pursuits.  Be in the world, but do not let the world be in you.
  • Truth has no fear; Untruth shivers at every shadow.
  • Be simple and sincere.
  • The mind sees separateness, LOVE sees unity.
  • God is the life-breath of every soul.
  • The only ache people have nowadays is ache in the stomach due to over eating and lack of exercise!
  • Being a good example is the best form of service.
  • Friendship is the expression of unshakable LOVE, LOVE that is noble, pure, free from desire or egoism.
  • Money comes and goes; morality comes and grows.
  • GOD first; the world next; myself last.
  • Try to conduct yourself in such a way as not to injure others.
  • Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more fatally than even arrows.
  • Patience is all the strength that man needs.
  • With effort and prayer destiny can be attained.  Start the effort.
  • You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it ensures promotion.
  • What is offered to GOD is totally free from all defects and imperfections.
  • Spiritual progress is right living, good conduct, moral behavior.
  • A nation that has no bridle on its sensuality, can never thrive our survive.
  • I am you; you are ME.  You are the waves; I am the ocean.  Know this and be free, be divine.
  • Teachers must be examples of LOVE and TRUTH.
  • Each country is but a room in the mansion of GOD.
  • We should realize that man has not only a mind which conceives thoughts, but also a heart which can put them into practice.
  • LOVE must express itself as SERVICE.
  • The wise are those who know the Self.
  • Whatever the trouble, however great the sorrow, persist and win by recollecting the LORD.
  • Man will realize his mission on earth when he knows himself as divine and reveres others as divine.
  • Devotion is not a uniform to be worn on certain days and then to be put aside.
  • When the road ends, and the goal is gained, the pilgrim finds that he has traveled only from himself to himself.
  • So long as you say "I am". there is bound to be fear, but once you say and feel "I am GOD", you get unconquerable strength.
  • Duty without LOVE is deplorable, duty with LOVE is desirable, LOVE without duty is divine.
  • When you kill an animal, you give him suffering, pain, harm.  GOD is in every creature, so how can you give such pain?
  • When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the dirt that covers up the needle.
  • When the people become good, the world will become good.
  • Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and contempt.
  • God is in you, around you, behind you, above you, beside you.
  • Of all the righteous acts, help rendered to those needing it, is the most righteous.
  • Surrendering the fruit of action to the Lord is real sacrifice.
  • My birthday is the date when divinity blossoms in your heart.
  • God is neither distant nor distinct from you.
  • What is offered to God is totally free from all defects and imperfections.
  • The joy that we cause in the heart of God is the only worthwhile achievement.
  • The acid test by which an activity can be confirmed as holy or sacred is to examine whether it promotes attachment or avoids bondage.
  • Education should build character.
  • Its is Truth and Truth alone, that is one's real friend, relative.
  • Faith is like our life breath. It is impossible to live even for a minute in this world without faith.

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