Top quotes by Sathya Sai Baba

Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it! Votes: 22

Desire is storm, greed is whirlpool, pride is precipice, attachment is avalanche, ego is volcano. Discard desire and you are liberated. Votes: 16

Baba's words and actions have lit the lamp of love in the hearts of devotees and they will always remember him for the good things he has done. Votes: 12

God is the Sun and when His rays fall upon your heart, not impeded by the clouds of egoism, the lotus blooms and the petals unfold. Votes: 11

Krishna insisted on outer cleanliness and inner cleansing. Clean clothes and clean minds are an ideal combination. Votes: 9

Heart is consciousness, I is Baba. Votes: 8

The honey in the flower or lotus does not crave for bees; they do not plead with the bees to come. Since they have tasted the sweetness, they themselves search for the flowers and rush in. They come because of the attachment between themselves and sweetness. So, too, is the relationship between the woman who knows the limits and the respect she evokes. Votes: 8

Whoever tries to understand the Human Values of Truth, Righteous conduct, Peace, Love and Non-violence properly, who practises these values and propagates them with zeal and sincerity can alone be described as a truly educated person. Votes: 7

Were it not for the mind change of Sai devotees the world would already have fallen into complete chaos. The deterioration of mind and man has been very rapid and abrupt, even precipitous during the last fifteen years. That the world is not in total destruction is due to the change of mind of Sai devotees and to Sai's grace. Votes: 7

Anger, ego, jealousy are the biggest diseases,Keep yourself aloof from these three diseases. Votes: 6

There is only one caste... the caste of humanity. There is only one religion... the religion of love. There is only one language... the language of the heart. Votes: 6

Eating meat and drinking liquor are demonic vices. Those indulging in drink lose all sense of propriety, have no compassion or love and become demons. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

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. Votes: 6

You are always your own best guru, your own best teacher, the answers are always inside you. Votes: 5

I am all deities in one. You may endeavour your best for thousands of years and have all mankind with you in your search. But you cannot understand My Reality. Votes: 5

I - Want - Peace, I is ego, Want is desire; Remove ego and desire and you have peace. Votes: 5

Develop a sense of the brotherhood of man. Look upon each person as your own brother. There is only one caste, the caste of humanity. All of us belong to the human race, so everyone is equal. Therefore, love each one equally. Votes: 5

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. Votes: 4

All religions teach one basic discipline - the removal from the mind of the blemish of egoism, of running after little joys. Votes: 4

Egoism will be destroyed, if you constantly tell yourself, 'It is He, not I','He is the force, I am but the instrument'. Keep His name always on the tongue, and contemplate His glory whenever you see or hear anything beautiful or grand. Votes: 4

Though, I am here bodily, still I know what you do; beyond the seven seas. Go wherever you will, over the wide world, I am with you. My abode is in your heart and I am within you. Always worship Me, Who is seated in your heart, as well as in the hearts of all beings. Votes: 3

Truth has to persist unaffected, in the past, present and future. That which is absent in two states, how can it be true. Votes: 3

The mother must set the example in holding out the shrine as the heart of the house hold! She must enforce discipline over the children in personal cleanliness in humility and hospitality, in good manners and acts of service. Votes: 3

Service is God. Why has God endowed man with a body, a mind and an intellect ? Feel with the mind, plan with the intelligence and use the body to serve those who are in need of service. Offer that act of service to God; worship home with that Flower. Votes: 3

Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel... Votes: 3

A person might be an expert in any field of knowledge or a master of many material skills and accomplishments. But without inner cleanliness his brain is a desert waste. Votes: 3

Knowledge without devotion to God produces hatred. Votes: 2

God is the embodiment of compassion. He watches for a grain of goodness or humility so that He can reward it with tons of grace. Votes: 2

You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind. Votes: 2

So long as man is capable of Prema, Dharma will exist, do not doubt it. When that Prema is fixed on the Lord, your mental make-up will slowly and steadily undergo a revolutionary change; then, man will share in the sorrows and joys of his fellow-beings; thereafter he contacts the very source of the Bliss that is beyond the temporary gains and losses of this world. Votes: 0

Prema (love): practise that; develop that; spread that; and all the hatreds and jealousies of today will disappear. That is the duty of the Divine Life Society, here as well as elsewhere. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service. Votes: 0

The greatest formula that can liberate, cleanse and elevate the mind is Rama-Name, the Name of Rama. Votes: 0

Human life is precious, sublime and meaningful. But by involvement in purely worldly pursuits, the greatness of human birth is forgotten. Without human values, life is meaningless. When there is purity in thought, word and deed, human values are practised. The unity of the three H's is essential. 'Heart, Head and Hand. ' But today this unity is absent among people, with the result that men are becoming inhuman. Votes: 0

PERFORM all acts with as much love as you would offer God. In Truth, you eat for the satisfaction of the I in you and dress up to please the self-same I . The husband loves his wife for the sake of the I . And who is this I that is persistently inherent in everyone? It is God Himself. Votes: 0

Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Truth is condemned as a trap; justice is jeered at; saints are harassed as social enemies. Hence this Incarnation has come to uphold the Truth and suppress the False. Votes: 0

My power is immeasurable; My truth inexplicable, unfathomable. Votes: 0

The enumeration of human values as five - Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence is not correct. They are all facets of the foundational humanness. They grow together; they are absence of Inner conflicts. How can one have peace when he revels in violence of speach and action? Votes: 0

The mind must become the servant of the intellect, not the slave of the senses. It must discriminate and detach itself from the body. Like the ripe tamarind fruit, which, becomes loose inside the shell, it must be unattached to this shell, this casement called body. Votes: 0

YOU find some one parade all of a sudden some -ism- as new and revolutionary socialism, for example. Votes: 0

We must seek ways to solve difficulties such as hatred, envy and jealousy. Votes: 0

Serve others for they are reflections of the same Entity of which you are yourself another reflection. No one of you has any authenticity, except in reference to the Original. Feel always kinship with all creation. Votes: 0

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power. Votes: 0

Human values should predominate in men's thoughts. Human life has no meaning without these values. Votes: 0

Living becomes a glorious experience only when it is sweetened by tolerance and love. Willingness to compromise with others ways of living and cooperation in common tasks, these make living happy and fruitful. Certain modes of behaviour have been laid down and proved beneficial by centuries of practice. Votes: 0

At the present moment, in the prevailing situation, what is most essential is the cultivation of love. Losing love mankind has lost its humanness. Love is the Supreme human value. Truth, righteousness, peace and non-violence are other human values. Knowing these values, men are foolishly leading valueless lives. Votes: 0

There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey...Love Votes: 0

Trust in my wisdom. I do not make mistakes. Love my uncertainty for it is not a mistake. It is my intent and will. Remember -- nothing happens without my will. Be still. Do not ask to understand. Do not want to understand. Votes: 0

You must enshrine in your hearts the spiritual urge towards light and love, Wisdom and Bliss! Votes: 0

Love is selflessness, Self is lovelessness. Votes: 0

Food conditions the nature of the mind. Mind guides the thinking. Thinking results in action. Actions lead to commensurate or matching results and effects. This chain of action between the food we eat and the results of our actions highlights the fact that meat eating leads to beastly actions and the concomitant evil effects. Votes: 0

To a worldly man, a God-intoxicated person will appear mad and he will laugh at him, But to the God-intoxicated man, the worldly appear insane, foolish, misled, blind. Votes: 0

The Avatar appears to be human and we are misled into thinking of him in these terms but the Avatar himself warns us against this error. Votes: 0

A man who has no love in him is as barren as a cloud with no moisture, a tree with no fruits or a cow yielding no milk; he is ever far from God and can never earn His Grace. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Votes: 0

Have a sense of pride in your motherland. Just as your mother has given birth to you, so too the land has given birth to you. Votes: 0

The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded. Votes: 0

Death may call any moment. Every moment, everyone is nearing death. Votes: 0

Conflicts and factions, violence and upheavals are caused by the neglect of human values in daily life. Votes: 0

He alone is a redeemed being who causes no pain to others and avoids pain to himself. Votes: 0

Certain countries are dumping nuclear waste directly into the ocean, making fish flesh even more poisonous. Votes: 0

All service should be regarded as an offering to God, and every opportunity to serve should be welcomed as a gift from God. When service is done in this spirit, it will lead to self- realization. Votes: 0

The essence of all religions is One. Surrender is the main duty of everyone. Surrender means the feeling of oneness, I and God are One. Why? The reason is that the One who is present in you is present in me. Votes: 0

Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. Oneness can only be promoted by the practice of love. Votes: 0

Virtue is the panacea for both body and mind. The virtuous person can be both healthy and happy. How is virtue to be cultivated? How can it express itself in daily practice? Through service to living beings, through seva. Virtue must flow through the triple channel of love, mercy and detachment, in order to feed the roots of seva. Votes: 0

Spiritual education is not a distinct and separate discipline; it is part and parcel of all types and levels of education, In fact, it is the very foundation on which a lasting edifice can be built. Votes: 0

Doctors should recognise the importance of the five human values; Truth, righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence. Love is the basis for all the other values. Doctors can infuse courage in patients by the love they show towards the patients. If doctors carry out their duties with love they will be crowned with success. Votes: 0

The values a man must cherish as his life-breath are: Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non violence. Votes: 0

There should be a harmonious blend of religion, philosophy and art for man to live healthily in the world. Votes: 0

Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more fatally than even arrows. Votes: 0

The sincere effort to accept and promote the human values - Truth, Right Conduct, Peace, Non-Violence and Love. These five values are a essential for a full and worthwhile life as the five vital airs or pranas mentioned in the scriptures. Votes: 0

No one can understand my Mystery. The best you can do is to get immersed in it. It is no use your arguing about pros and cons; dive and know the depth; eat and know the taste. Votes: 0

Rama for you should mean the Path He trod, the ideal He held aloft, and the Ordinance He laid down. They are eternal and timeless. Votes: 0

All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel. Votes: 0

...Every moment is the right moment. Votes: 0

Violence in any form is evil and to kill innocent animals in tantamount to blatant savagery. Votes: 0

Sathya, Dharma, Shanghai and prema are the hall-marks of a purified heart, a heart where God is enshrined and is manifest. Votes: 0

Plant the seeds of Love in your hearts. Let them grow into trees of Service and shower the sweet fruit of Ananda. Share the Ananda with all. That is the proper way to celebrate the Birthday Votes: 0

People say "I want peace." If you remove I (ego), and your want (desire), you are left with peace. Votes: 0

If you sing alone in your shrine, the vibrations return to you as a reaction. But in community singing, what you have is not a reaction but a wave of vibrations. They enter into the atmosphere and purify the polluted air. Votes: 0

God does not live in structures of stone or brick. He lives in soft hearts warm with sympathy and fragrant with universal love. Votes: 0

The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later, the gift of a rich harvest. Votes: 0

When you have God come amongst you to support and sustain you, why grovel through crude vulgar entities? Avoid places where they bargain in terms of gifts, donations, for Spiritual guidance and Transmission. Votes: 0

The man filled with good qualities like Truth, Love, absence of jealousy, ego and hatred, can see God without searching for Him. He becomes a Jnani (a man of spiritual wisdom). Votes: 0

For the progress of humanity, work alone is not adequate, but the work should be associated with love, compassion, right conduct, truthfulness and sympathy... Votes: 0

Practice the vocabulary of love - unlearn the language of hate and contempt. Votes: 0

Service is the highest spiritual discipline. Prayer and meditation, or knowledge of scripture and Vedanta (holy scriptures of India), cannot help you reach the goal as quickly as service can. Service has a double effect, it extinguishes the ego and gives bliss. Votes: 0

It is significant to note that those who live on vegetarian food are less prone to diseases, whereas non-vegetarians are subject to more diseases. Why? Because animal food is incompatible with the needs of the human body. Votes: 0

You take this meat eating. Many people have to kill the animals because of your non-vegetarianism. You are responsible for the death of those animals. They are killed because you eat them. This is a sin. What a sin to kill innocent animals and eat them. Votes: 0

In cultivating human values, emphasis should also be placed on avoiding wastage of money, food and time. Votes: 0

Together with worldly education, you have to cultivate the human values and undertake spiritual discipline. Votes: 0

When the yearning for living ends, there can be no more birth. Votes: 0

...Forgiveness is Truth itself. It is Righteousness, it is the Veda. It is the supreme virtue in this world... Votes: 0

A human body is associated with six stages of transformation, birth, growth, change, evolution, death and destruction. Votes: 0

A lamp kept on mound illumines the area; if kept in a pit, it is as if it were not. A virtue that is practised is a lamp that shines for all; good thoughts and good deeds have a way of influencing others. The gems of wisdom, the light of intuitive experience should not be kept away from fellow - men. They have to be shared, even at the cost od one's life. That was the lesson Jesus taught and symbolised. Votes: 0

A tranquil mind, a truth-filled speech, and a body dedicated to service-one who has these three qualities is described as the embodiment of 'Triputi' (the Triple purity). Such a one is the noblest of human beings. Votes: 0

A wicked person, swayed by evil motives and evil actions, is described as a demon. Votes: 0

Adore God, abhor sin. Votes: 0

Adore man, the adoration reaches Me. Neglect man; you neglect Me. Of what avail is it to worship the Lord and to suppress man, His counterpart on earth? Love for God must be manifested as Love for man, and Love must express itself as service. Votes: 0

Affliction by that falsehood is the act of dying. To be free from that delusion is to attain Immortality. Votes: 0

All is divine, all is God, and unity is divinity. Votes: 0

All things are beautiful seen through the eyes of love. Votes: 0

Anger cannot be destroyed by anger and cruelty by cruelty. Votes: 0

Anger is like an intoxicant; it reduces man and degrades him to the level of an animal. Votes: 0

As a matter of fact, there is no trace of ill-health in Me. I am always healthy. Not only today, till 96 years I will be like this. Votes: 0

As close as you are to God, so close is God to you. Votes: 0

Assess the work of whatever others do to you or say about you, and cultivate fortitude and the understanding to appreciate their behaviour and pardon their faults. This capacity is as invaluable as truth, righteousness, wisdom, non-violence, renunciation, delight and compassion. It is all that one need possess for spiritual advancement. Votes: 0

At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss. Votes: 0

Baba tells us that when we serve another, we should remind ourselves that we are serving the Divinity within that other. This is something that we frequently forget, for it needs a very big mental re-adjustment. Don't worry about it -- just serve! But the very least that is demanded of us in this context is to RESPECT the person we are serving. That includes respecting their beliefs; in fact, it means reaching their spiritual Self through their beliefs, not ours. It means putting oneself in their shoes; cheering them up if possible, but seeing things from their point of view. Votes: 0

Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet. Votes: 0

Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country. Votes: 0

Be sincere; talk only about your genuine experience; do not distort, exaggerate or falsify that experience. Votes: 0

Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence? Votes: 0

Being a good example is the best form of service. Votes: 0

Breaking the cycle takes time. Be Patient and Gentle with yourself. Set long term goals. And be persistent! Remember to Stretch, Laugh and be Unshakable! Votes: 0

But a little milk, butter and cheese are acceptable because no harm is done in obtaining them. Votes: 0

Charity does not mean that the land should be full of beggars. We can provide some support and means for the beggars, but provide food, clothing and other conveniences in such a way that you are not encouraging laziness and begging. Votes: 0

Concern for one?s own welfare and prosperity should not blind one to one?s social obligations or spiritual destiny?.A society in which the individuals are concerned only about material welfare will not be able to achieve harmony and peace. Votes: 0

Control of senses is an important human value. Votes: 0

Cultivate a sweet temper and the sweet speech which is its natural consequence. Votes: 0

Cultivate the heart to raise a harvest of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love. This crop has to be raised in your heart and should be shared with others. Votes: 0

Death happens to the body with which it is associated, with which it mixes. The delusion that the body is the core, that the body is real, that verily is the death. Votes: 0

Desire is like the shadow caused by the morning sun; it gets longer when you run to catch it... Votes: 0

Develop the feeling of brotherhood of man and fatherhood of God. Votes: 0

Discipline is the mark of intelligent living. Votes: 0

Discipline trains you to put up with disappointments, every rose has a thorn. Votes: 0

Do not allow doubt to distract you if only you will install in the altar of your heart steady faith in My Divinity, you can win a vision of My Reality. Votes: 0

Do not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action, everything is due to God. Votes: 0

Do not consider any act of service as demeaning. Sweeping the streets, for example, is not below your dignity. Do you not sweep the floor of your homes? Do you not scrub and wash off dirt? When you undertake such tasks, the villagers will also gladly share in them. Why feel ashamed to be good? The ridicule that may be cast on you has been the reward of many saints. It will soon fade away. Muhammad was driven out of Mecca by those who could not appreciate his teachings. Jesus was crucified. But their names resound in the heart of millions. Votes: 0

Do not contemplate on death; it is just an incident in life; contemplate on God, who is the master of all life. Votes: 0

Do not develop jealousy, hatred or envy on any count. Votes: 0

Don't follow the mind. Don't follow the body. Follow the Conscience. That is the main principle of this text. So we should follow our Conscience. Votes: 0

Duty is God;Work is worship. Votes: 0

Duty without love is deplorable. Votes: 0

Duty without love is deplorable. Duty with love is desirable. Love without duty is Divine. Votes: 0

Earn by your efficiency and enthusiasm, The right to play higher and higher roles ,That is the meaning and purpose of life. Votes: 0

Education has two aspects; the first is related to external and worldly education, which is nothing but acquiring bookish knowledge. In the modern world, we find many well versed and highly qualified in this aspect. The second aspect known as Educare is related to human values. The word Educare means to bring out that which is within. Human values are latent in every human being; one cannot acquire them from outside. They have to be elicited from within. Educare means to bring out human values. 'To bring out' means to translate them into action. Votes: 0

Education must remove hatred between the pilgrims on the various roads to God. There is only one God, one Goal, one Law, one Truth, one Religion and one Reason. Votes: 0

Every child is born not only with a stomach that has to be catered to, it is also endowed with two hands which can work and produce the food for the stomach. The hands have to be given the strength and skill; they have to learn the lesson of self-reliance. They should never be lazy or slothful. Then, there can be no deficiency in food and no problem of underfeeding. Votes: 0

Every experience is a lesson. Every loss is a gain. Votes: 0

Everyday, the mail brings the thousands of letters, and you hand over to Me personally hundreds more. Yet, I do not take the help of anyone else, even to open the envelopes. For, you write to me intimate details of your personal problems, believing that I alone will read them and having implicit confidence in Me. You write, each one only a single letter, that makes for Me a huge bundle a day; and I have to go through all of them. You may ask how I manage it? Well I do not waste a single moment. Votes: 0

Everyone has Love towards some thing or other, and that Love is a spark of the Divine; everyone has ultimately to base his life on some one Truth; that Truth is God. Votes: 0

Everyone should prepare NOW for this change, for I promise you that it will come, and only those who are ready will survive. Votes: 0

Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state. Votes: 0

Example, not precept, is the best teaching aid. Votes: 0

Formerly when the Govardhanagiri (mountain) was raised aloft by a little boy, the gopis and gopalas realised that Krishna was the Lord. Now, it is not one Govardhanagiri, a whole range will be lifted, you will see! Votes: 0

Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss. Votes: 0

God can be addressed by any name that taste sweet to your tongue or pictured in any form that appeals to your sense of wonder and awe. Votes: 0

God can do anything. He has all power in the palm of His Hand. My Body, like all other bodies, is a temporary habitation; but, My Power is eternal, all-pervasive, ever-dominant. Votes: 0

God designed in different faiths adored by different human communities are all limbs of the One God that really is. Votes: 0

God has no beginning and no end. Votes: 0

God has no forms, no limbs, no qualities, no preferences, no prejudices. Votes: 0

God is in everyone. God is in you and you are God. Strengthen this fundamental truth. When you propagate this truth, that is the real service. It is the service that will take you to closer proximity, a boat. In this ocean of life, take the help of this boat and gain the proximity. Votes: 0

God is one; there are not many Gods, one for each tribe among men. Votes: 0

God is the mother and father of the world. Our parents are the mother and father of this body. Votes: 0

God is the Seed; The Universe is the Tree, Impulses and passions are the branches, Intelligence is the flower, Pure Consciousness is the fruit, Love is the sweetness in the fruit. Votes: 0

God is to be recognized in all that exists, all that is charming, suffering, blooming or drooping. Votes: 0

God is without birth and death and is an eternal witness; you must strive hard to earn the love of God. Votes: 0

God is worshipped only inpictures, images, idols. Votes: 0

God plays pranks and directs. Votes: 0

God rewards according to the mannerin which He is conceived or approached. Votes: 0

God will certainly be pleased if you give water for the thirsty, bread for the hungry and clothes to the naked. Votes: 0

God, if you think, God you are. Dust if you think, dust you are. As you think, so you become. Think God, be God. Votes: 0

Good company is important, it helps to cultivate good qualities. Votes: 0

Hear good things, see good, do good, think good, then you get the Grace of God, as all the evil tendencies will be uprooted. Votes: 0

How can anyone be called human, if being born a human being and growing in a human society, he does not recognise human values? You must see that you don't harm any living being. He alone is a redeemed being who causes no pain to others and avoids pain to himself. Votes: 0

How can I tolerate the slightest inconvenience to them, the women, the children, the sick, the aged, the blind, the decrepit, that come for counsel, consolation, courage and cure?. Votes: 0

However great an intellectual may be, however great one may be as a scholar or a man of learning, one has also to acquire humanness. Without humanness, scholarship and intellectual eminence are of no value. Votes: 0

Human society needs essntially fellow-feeling and unity. When these two are present, humanness will flourish. Votes: 0

Human values are born with man. They are not got from outside. Man in his ignorance is not aware of these values. when man sheds his ignorance, he will experience his divine nature. Votes: 0

Human values can be listed as 50, 60, 70, 80 in all. But they can be better grouped under the following three heads; pure thoughts, pure words, pure deed; thoughts, words and deed cordinated with one another. Votes: 0

Humanness consists in harmony of thought, word and deed. Votes: 0

I am you; you are ME. You are the waves; I am the ocean. Know this and be free, be divine. Votes: 0

I behave like you, moving, singing, laughing, journeying, but watch out for the blow I inflict all of a sudden, to chastise and to warn. Votes: 0

I have come not to disturb or destroy any faith, but to confirm each in his own faith - so that the Christian becomes a better Christian, the Muslim, a better Muslim, and the Hindu, a better Hindu. Votes: 0

I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. Votes: 0

I have come to light the lamp of Love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. I have not come on behalf of any exclusive religion. I have not come on a mission of publicity for a sect or creed or cause, nor have I come to collect followers for a doctrine. I have no plan to attract disciples or devotees into my fold or any fold. I have come to tell you of this unitary faith, this spiritual principle, this path of Love, this virtue of Love, this duty of Love, this obligation of Love. Votes: 0

I insist on group singing of the names of the Lord. Votes: 0

I know everything that has happened to everybody in the past, everything that is happening now and everything that will happen in the future. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I will have to forego the car and even the aeroplane when I move from place to place, for the crowds pressing around them will be too huge; I will have to move across the sky; yes, that too will happen, believe Me. Votes: 0

If a wave of service sweeps over the land, catching everyone in its enthusiasm, it will be able to wipe off the mounds of hatred, malice and greed that infest the World. Attune your hearts so that it will vibrate in sympathy with the woes and joys of your fellow-men. Fill the World with Love. Love will warn you against advising another to do something which you yourself are unwilling to do; your conscience will tell you that you are living in a lie! Votes: 0

If the fruit is green it will not fall to the ground even if you beat it with a sharp stick. When it is ripe it falls of its own accord in the silence of the night. Votes: 0

If there is hatred in your vision, you will see hatred everywhere. Hence, change your vision to start with. Votes: 0

If there is righteousness in the heart, there will be beauty in the character. If there is beauty in the character, there will be harmony in the home. If there is harmony in the home, there will be order in the nations. When there is order in the nations, there will peace in the world. Votes: 0

If we want to eliminate bad qualities like hatred, envy, pride and ostentation, we have to employ Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema and Ahimsa as the cleaning instruments. Votes: 0

If you conduct yourself with peace love and compassion, then you are God. Votes: 0

If you develop love, you do not need to develop anything else. Votes: 0

If you honour your mother, the Mother of the Universe will guard you against harm. Votes: 0

If you incline towards God the passions that enslaves you will be rendered powerless. Votes: 0

If you live on the level of the Body and the Individual, you will get entangled in food, fun and frolic, ease, envy and pride. Forget it, ignore it, overcome it - You will have peace, joy and calm. In the Divine Path, there is no chance of failure; it is the Path of Love. Votes: 0

If you strive to find your Self by using your mind, you will strive and strive in vain, because the mind cannot give you the Truth. You are that Self. All else is illusion of the mind's creation. Votes: 0

In truth you cannot understand the nature of My Reality, either today, or even after a thousand years of steady austerity or ardent inquiry, even if all mankind joins in that effort. Votes: 0

It has been well said that the food one consumes determines one's thoughts. By eating the flesh of various animals, the qualities of these animals are imbibed. How sinful is it to feed on animals, which are sustained by the same five elements as human beings! This leads to demonic tendencies, besides committing the sin of inflicting cruelty on animals. Votes: 0

It is a fact that plants also have life like animals. But animals are endowed with mind, and nervous systems too while the plants do not possess the same. Votes: 0

It is a living death if one is obsessed by pride, ego and anger. Votes: 0

It is because the doctrine of human unity based on the spiritual oneness of all beings, is not propagated in the right manner that we have today many divisions leading to many conflicts. Votes: 0

It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for many decades; better a short lived celestial swan than a century-lived crow. Votes: 0

It is only by means of purity of mind can you come close to the Lord. Votes: 0

It is only when man cultivate humanness that society will shine with radiance and the nation and the world will progress. Humanness can be promoted only through spirituality and not by any other means. Just as a seed can sprout only when it is planted in the soil and watered, human values can grow only in a spiritual soil. If a man wants to cultivate human values, he has to apply the manure of spirituality to his heart, water it with love so that human values will grow. Votes: 0

It is only when the individual is good that society will progress. When the society and the nation is based on the observance of human values. Votes: 0

It is when you experience another's suffering as your own that your human values is manifested. Votes: 0

Joy needs no object; it is our own nature. Votes: 0

Knowledge that is not put into practice is like food that is not digested. Votes: 0

Leadership is Idealism in Action. Votes: 0

Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak. Votes: 0

Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted. Votes: 0

Let all beings in all the worlds be happy. Include this universal prayer in your prayers every day. This is my birthday message to you. Votes: 0

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Votes: 0

Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity. Votes: 0

Let us grow together, enjoy together... Votes: 0

Let us live and move in harmony. Let us grow together. Let us cherish the wisdom that we have acquired together. Let us live in complete harmony without any misunderstanding. Votes: 0

LIFE + DESIRE = MAN; LIFE - DESIRE = GOD. Votes: 0

Life is an opportunity afforded to each not to eat and drink, but to achieve something nobler and higher to merge in the Reality. Votes: 0

Life is best spent in alleviating pain, assuaging distress, and promoting peace and joy. The service of man is more valuable than what you call “service to God.” God has no need of your service. Pleas man, you please God. Votes: 0

Life is endless, not punctuated by nights, days, months and years - for all are one, in the eternal stream... Votes: 0

Limiting birth by artificial means is an absurdly wrong step. The consequences of this act are irresponsible fatherhood or frustrated motherhood. Votes: 0

Look at the world with the vision of peace, love, and compassion. Then the whole world will appear loving and peaceful. Votes: 0

Love all. Serve all. Help ever. Hurt never. Votes: 0

Love as Thought is Truth. Votes: 0

Love as Thought is Truth. Love as Action is Right Conduct. Love as Understanding is Peace. Love as Feeling is Non-violence. Votes: 0

Love helps you to know yourself... turn your vision inward. Votes: 0

Love is a bridge over the sea of change. Do not build a house on it. Votes: 0

Love must express itself as service Votes: 0

Make the mind, the voice and the actions agree in harmony. That is the right way of life. Votes: 0

Man becomes fit and functionally valid only when, along with scholarship and expert skills, he has imbibed these values. The person who is wedded to Truth and Love would need nothing more for peace and happiness. When Creation is witnessed through these values, it becomes holy scripture, an inspiring lesson and guide,. Therefore I exhort you: Let Truth and Love be the goals for all your efforts and studies. Votes: 0

Man has boyhood, adolescence, youth, middle age and senescence, as stages of growth; there are also corresponding stages in the growth of wisdom in him. Votes: 0

Man is now able to soar into outer space and reach up to the moon; but he is not moral enough to live at peace with his neighbor! Votes: 0

Man loves because he is Love. He seeks Joy, for he is Joy. He thirsts for God for he is composed of God and he cannot exist without Him. Votes: 0

Man must saturate his daily life in truthful speech, virtuous acts and holy thoughts. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

Man's sense of values is so degraded that he does not revere the Geetha, as much as he values and scans the pages of the daily newspaper. This is to be attributed to sheer ignorance and perversity, or pitiable fate. Votes: 0

Men seek the causes for death but no one seeks the Divine source of life. Votes: 0

Mind, word and act; all three must be filled with the belief that all is His play; that is the genuine path. Votes: 0

Multiplicity is a delusion. Unity is the Reality. Votes: 0

My construction will cover the entire Universe. Votes: 0

My people do not come to me of their own accord; it is I who seek and bring them to me. Votes: 0

Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey. Votes: 0

Never have hatred toward any religion. Votes: 0

No bird casts the seed on land to grow food for itself, nor do beasts plough and enclose fields claiming - this is mine, this is for my children and children's children -. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly. Votes: 0

No religion has a separate God showering grace only on those who profess to abide by that faith. Votes: 0

Of all the human values, three are most important. The foremost is love of God. Where there is love there is sacrifice. There arises purity of heart. There should be a fusion of love, sacrifice and purity. They are not mere human qualities. They constitute vital organs of a human being. They are as essential for a human being as the head, hands and legs for the body. Without these attributes, no one is a complete human being. Votes: 0

Of the twenty-four hours a day, Use six for earning and spending, six for contemplation of God, six of sleep and six for service to others. Votes: 0

Of these five vital principles, Love is the foremost. It is Love that flows as the under-current for the other four values. How does it flow this way? When Love is associated with our thoughts, it manifests itself as Truth. When Love is associated with feelings, it produces Peace. When Love animates actions, it results in Right Action. When Love is combined with understanding it becomes Non-violence. Therefore whenever you feel angry, think of love, develop thoughts of love in your heart. You will have peace. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

On previous occasions when God incarnated on earth, the bliss of recognising Him in the incarnation was vouchsafed only after the physical embodiment had left the world, in spite of plenty of evidences of His Grace. But, ponder a moment on this Sathya Sai Manifestation; in this age of rampant materialism, aggressive disbelief and irreverence, what is it that brings to It the adoration of millions from all over the world? You will be convinced that the basic reason for this is the fact that this is the Supra-worldly Divinity in Human Form. Votes: 0

Once we surrender our mind to God completely, He will take care of us in every way. Votes: 0

One without health cannot achieve any small thing. Votes: 0

Oneness of the Divine. It may be given a thousand names such as The Primary Cause / God / Energy / I. All that is created has its Self this Oneness. Votes: 0

Only that which is got by hard effort will yield lasting benefit. Votes: 0

Open the gates of wisdom, tear the veil of ignorance, enter the abode of Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever. Votes: 0

Our life is like a block of ice which is melting away every moment. Before it spends itself, devote it to the service of others. Education in Human Values is designed to prepare everyone for this life of dedicated service. Votes: 0

People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. Votes: 0

People have become so selfish that they no longer care for others, or anything other than their own welfare. Votes: 0

People should remain unaffected by what others may say. A true man is one who overcomes the ups and downs of life with fortitude. One should not recoil before reverses of fortunes. One should bravely face them and overcome them. Votes: 0

Politics without principles, Education without character, Science without humanity, and Commerce without morality are not only useless, but also positively dangerous. Votes: 0

Practise any one of the human values. Prema (love) is the basis for all the values. Action with love is right conduct. Speak with love and it becomes truth. Thinking with love results in peace. Understanding with love leads to non-violence. For everything love is primary. Where there is love there is no place for hatred. Votes: 0

Prayer must emanate from the heart, where God resides, and not from the head where doctrines and doubts clash. Votes: 0

Real happiness lies within you. Votes: 0

Regard the heart as a vast field. Use the mind as a plough. Treat the gunas (qualities) as bullocks. Use the intelligence (Viveka) as a whip. With these aids, cultivate the field of your heart. What is the crop that is to be grown in it? Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema are the crops. Bhakthi is the rain, meditation is the manure, Brahmananda is the crop. Votes: 0

Sacrifice, so that you may be saved. You have to sacrifice, not a bleating sheep or a horse or a cow, but your animality, the bestial lust and greed, hate and malice. Sacrifice these and you earn the heaven of unflinching peace. Votes: 0

See the Divine in everyone. Eschew hatred and ill will. After years of devotion, many still lack a broad outlook and an all-encompassing love. Votes: 0

See with the eyes of love, / Hear with the ears of love / Work with the hands of love, / Think thoughts of love / Feel love in every nerve. Votes: 0

Seek your own Reality, That is what a wise man should do. Votes: 0

Service broadens your vision widens your awareness. Deepens your compassion. Votes: 0

Silence is the only language of the realized. Practice moderation in speech. Votes: 0

Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker. Votes: 0

Since I move about with you, eat like you, and talk with you, you are deluded in the belief that this is but an instance of common humanity. Be warned against this mistake. I am also deluding you by My singing with you, talking with you, and engaging Myself in activities with you. But, any movement, My Divinity may be revealed to you; you have to be ready, prepared for that moment. Votes: 0

Some consider themselves great because they have vast territory, some because they have finance, some because they have arms, some because they have vast populations, but, the real wealth, real greatnesss is virtue which earns the Grace of God. Votes: 0

Some people think, Swami calls himself a powerful magnet, but He is unable to attract us. The fault lies in them only. Votes: 0

Speak with Love and it becomes Truth. Votes: 0

Study the lives of our great women, who were models of patience, fortitude, compassion and sacrifice... Votes: 0

Teachers are reservoirs from which, through the process of education, students draw the water of life. Votes: 0

The aim of all spiritual practice is love. Votes: 0

The Avatar is a child to the children, a boy to the boys, a man among men, a woman among women, so that the Avatar?s message might reach each heart and receive enthusiastic response as Ananda. It is the compassion of the Avatar that prompts His every action. Votes: 0

The body will shine if the character is fine; service of man and worship of God will preserve its charm. Votes: 0

The cultivation of Human Values alone is Education. Votes: 0

The development of the society, the state and the nation is proportionate to the development of the Human Votes: 0

The end of education is character Votes: 0

The eye sees the physical body, other individuals, even insects, worms and things. It sees everything that is within its range. The body too is a thing that the eye sees, along with the rest. So, how can we conclude that the body is the I? Votes: 0

The fear and anxiety that infect humanity today are the results of this degradation of values, this ignorance of what is of significance and what is not, this want of faith in what the elders and sages have handed down as the wisdom of ages. People prefer what is pleasing to what is beneficial. Votes: 0

The feminine is the foundation on which a peaceful and happy world is to be raised. Votes: 0

The fundamental human values all emanate from Dharma, based on Truth. If human behaviour has no such basis, it leads to disaster. Votes: 0

The gift of food to the hungry is the noblest of all gifts. Votes: 0

The grace of God is like insurance. It will help you in your time of need without any limit. Votes: 0

The heart with compassion is the temple of God. Votes: 0

The Human Values should be regarded as basic requirements for every human being. In spreading the message of these values to the world, you should all cooperate with each other and act in harmony. Votes: 0

The Lord is the refuge of all who seek refuge, the saviour of all who have to be saved. He is the Embodiment of Being-Awareness-Bliss (Sat-chit-ananda). He is now at Puttaparthi as the Effulgent Emperor over the region of Truth, Goodness and Beauty. Votes: 0

The only ache people have nowadays is ache in the stomach due to over eating and lack of exercise! Votes: 0

The same Divine Compassion that blessed Dharma; saved Gajendra; restored Kuchela; and stood by Prahlada, has come to the Earth as the Refuge of the refugeless; as the Lord of Peace, Harmony and Righteousness; as the Lord of all the Worlds; as the Sath-Chith-Anandamurthi; and as the Puttaparthi Sathya Sai Sath-Chakravarthi - the King of Kings. Votes: 0

The secret of perfect health lies in keeping the mind always cheerful - never worried, never hurried, never borne down by any fear, thought or anxiety. Votes: 0

The whole world will be transformed into Sathya Sai Organisation and Sathya Sai will be installed in the hearts of one and all. Votes: 0

The world is a nest of crows; some caw in praise; some caw in derision. But men should be above the reach of praise and blame. Votes: 0

There is no enemy more vicious than your own anger. Votes: 0

There is no one who can change My course or affect My conduct to the slightest extent. I am the Master over all. Votes: 0

There was no one to understand Me until I created the whole world Votes: 0

This is a human form in which every Divine entity, every Divine principle, that is to say, all the names and forms ascribed by man to God, are manifest... You are very fortunate that you have the chance to experiences the bliss of the vision of the form, which is the form of all gods, now, in this life itself. Votes: 0

Thus, the Lingam is the simplest sign or symbol of Emergence and Mergence. Votes: 0

Travel light, Arrive quickly. Votes: 0

Treat all as your own self. Do not have a double standard. Votes: 0

True devotion must not get dispirited; nor elated or satisfied with lesser gains; it must fight against failure, loss, calumny, calamity, ridicule and against egoism and pride , impatience and cowardice . Votes: 0

Truth is man's nature; to be untrue is to be false to one's nature. dharma (Right Action) is the practical application in real life of the ideal of truth. Shanthi (Peace) is the result of Dharma and Preme (Love) is the sffulgence of Shanthi. Votes: 0

Unity is divinity, purity is enlightenment. Votes: 0

Virtue is the fragrance of the flowers which the tree of life puts forth. Educated people must be identified in society by their strict adherence to virtue, not by more skilled methods of escaping the consequences of vice. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

What is the freedom a man can enjoy? Man is governed by certain restraints. He has to adhere to truth. Votes: 0

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity. Votes: 0

Whatever happens, the path of virtue should not be given up. Votes: 0

Whatever may be the experience in everyday life, the basci inner Truth should not be forgotten. Votes: 0

When asked where God is, people point towards the sky or some far and distant region: no wonder then that He does not manifest Himself! Realize that He is in you, with you, behind you, and all around you; and He can be seen and felt everywhere. Votes: 0

When human body itself is made of flesh, where is the need to consume the flesh of birds and animals? You should partake of only sacred food. Only then you will have sacred feelings. Votes: 0

When individuals change, society will change. And when society changes, the whole world will change. The welfare of the individual is bound up with the welfare of society as a whole. Votes: 0

When the Giver of Grace is here, you run after persons who claim that they got this or the other article from Me or were blessed with this gift from Me. Votes: 0

When you do not accept the insult some one casts on you, it goes back to the person who indulged in it first; a registered letter that is not accepted returns to the sender. Votes: 0

When you feel you cannot do good, at least desist from doing evil. Votes: 0

When you retire for the night offer grateful homage to God for being with you all day long. Votes: 0

When you speak about these miracles, I laugh within Myself out of pity, that you allow yourself so easily to loose the precious awareness of My Reality. Votes: 0

When you stick to the path of Truth and Righteousness, pain and poverty haunt you. But they are only clouds passing through the sky, hiding for a little time, the splendor of the Sun. Votes: 0

When you want to be honored by others, you learn to honor them first. Votes: 0

Whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with GOD, that is the state of meditation. Votes: 0

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all. Votes: 0

Wherefrom are human values to be derived and how are they to be developed? Human values are born along with human birth. They exist in union. Unfortunately, man today separates himself from human values and yet wants to live as a human being. To recover human values, man has to take the spiritual path. Votes: 0

Whoever aspires to win the grace of God should cultivate at the outset the quality of Kshama (Forgiveness). Votes: 0

Willing is superfluous for Me. For grace is ever available to devotees who have steady love and faith. Since I move freely with them, talking and singing, even intellectuals are unable to grasp My Truth, My power, My glory or My real task as Avatar. Votes: 0

Without God, life is like a school without a teacher. It is a wire with no current passing through it; it is a body with no soul. Votes: 0

Without modesty, woman is devoid of beauty and culture. Humility, purity of thought and manners, meekness, surrender to high ideals, sensitivity, sweetness of temper - the peculiar blend of all these qualities is modesty. It is the most invaluable of all jewels for women. Votes: 0

Without the confidence, nothing can be accomplished. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

WOMEN preserve the culture of this country with greater tenacity and faith. They keep men on the moral path and inspire them to follow spiritual discipline. Their hearts are tender and full of compassion for the hungry and the distressed. That is why in this land, women are adored and revered. Votes: 0

You are not one person, but three: The one you think you are; The one others think you are; The one you really are. Votes: 0

You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself. Votes: 0

You cannot be fresh and feeling fine, wearing a washed vest under an unwashed shirt; or, an unwashed vest over a washed shirt. Both have to be clean, to provide a sense of tingling joy. So too outer and inner cleanliness is but the reflection of the inner achievement. Votes: 0

You have come from God, you are a spark of His Glory; you are a wave of that Ocean of Bliss; you will get peace only when you again merge in Him. Votes: 0

You have it in your power to make your days on Earth a path of flowers, instead of a path of thorns. Votes: 0

You have not known even a fragment of My reality. The full nature of this reality can never be understood by anyone. Votes: 0

You may have the best vegetables, you may be the most capable cook, but, if the copper vessel in which you prepare the vegetable soup is not tinned, the concretion you cook will be highly poisonous! So 'tin' your heart with truth, right conduct, peace and divine love; it will then become a vesssel fit for repeating holy name or symbols, meditation, religious vows, pilgrimage, ritualistic worship and the other dishes that you prepare in it. Votes: 0

You must be ever vigilant to discover the unifying Truth behind all the scintillating variety. Votes: 0

You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it ensures promotion. Votes: 0

You should not cause hurt even by a word, a look or a gesture. Tolerance, fortitude, equanimity - these help you to be steady in ahimsa (absence of violence). Votes: 0

Your duty is to pray for the welfare of the world and to work for it as far as it lies in your power. Votes: 0

Your friends today attach themselves not to you but to your purse or to some advantage they can gain through your father's kindness. When your purse is empty or when your father is no longer in power, they bid you good-bye. Votes: 0

Your sight must become an insight; it must be turned within and used to purify and clarify your mind. Votes: 0

Your true nature is purity, peace and joy. Votes: 0