Quotes by Sathya Sai Baba

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

All things are beautiful seen through the eyes of love.

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

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

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

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

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.

Love must express itself as service

Being a good example is the best form of service.

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.

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.

...Every moment is the right moment.

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.

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

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.

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

God is worshipped only in pictures, images, idols.

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.