Sathya Sai Baba Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Most important, do not ever think that you and God are separate. Think always, "God is with me; He is inside me; He is around me. All there is is God. I myself am God. I am the Infinite, the Eternal. I am not two; I am one, only one. There is no one else besides me. I and God are one and the same." To realize this Unity, the first step is to develop Self-confidence. It comes when you realize that God is not outside of you.

Love all. Serve all. Help ever. Hurt never.

The body is just a water bubble. The mind is like a mad monkey. Do not follow either the body or the mind. Follow the Conscience. It is above the mind. It is permanent. It is the voice of God, the voice of unchanging truth inside you.

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.

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.

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.

You can remain in the world for any number of years, but don't let the world take hold. Don't let the world take hold of the inside world. There is the example of the lotus. It stays deep down in the mud. It comes up to the light, and it can't stay without water because it would die. But it does not get mixed up either with the mud or the water. You have seen the lotus; even if the water comes it just goes off again. Now, when they talk of God, they always say 'the lotus eyes, the lotus feet' because of this inner significance.

Knowledge that is not put into practice is like food that is not digested.

Every experience is a lesson. Every loss is a gain.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Duty without love is deplorable. Duty with love is desirable. Love without duty is Divine.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Being a good example is the best form of service.

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

Love must express itself as service

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.

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.

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

Start the day with love, spend the day with love, fill the day with love and end the day with love. That is the way to God.

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.

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

All things are beautiful seen through the eyes of love.

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

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

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.

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

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.