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108 Quotes of Bhagavan 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.
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Practice the vocabulary of love -
unlearn the language of hate and contempt.
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God is in you, around you, behind
you, above you, beside you.
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Of all the righteous acts, help
rendered to those needing it, is the most righteous.
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Surrendering the fruit of action
to the Lord is real sacrifice.
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My birthday is the date when
divinity blossoms in your heart.
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God is neither distant nor
distinct from you.
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What is offered to God is totally
free from all defects and imperfections.
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The joy that we cause in the
heart of God is the only worthwhile achievement.
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The acid test by which an
activity can be confirmed as holy or sacred is to examine
whether it promotes attachment or avoids bondage.
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Education should build character.
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Its is Truth and Truth alone,
that is one's real friend, relative.
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Faith is like our life breath. It
is impossible to live even for a minute in this world without
faith.
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