Sathya Sai Baba famous quotes

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Ocean #Sparks #Bliss

Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is love, enjoy it!
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Inspirational #Dream #Games

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

#Ego #Desire #Want

Love must express itself as service
-- Sathya Sai Baba

There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey...Love
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Spiritual #Journey #Royal

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

#Meditation #States

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Christian #Christianity

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Letters #Firsts #Return

Being a good example is the best form of service.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Example #Form

Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel...
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Desire #Asking #Fuel

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Fall #Heart #Clouds

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

#Character #Men #Shining

When you feel you cannot do good, at least desist from doing evil.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Evil #Feels

Knowledge that is not put into practice is like food that is not digested.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Knowledge #Practice

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

#Heart #Light #Shining

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

#Giving #Sowing #Rich

Desire is storm, greed is whirlpool, pride is precipice, attachment is avalanche, ego is volcano. Discard desire and you are liberated.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Pride #Attachment #Volcanoes

Hello, Do not greet anybody when the heart is filled with anger distrust etc. Have, instead, a pure hollow from which a whole hearted Hello emanates. .
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Anger #Heart #Etc

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

#Flower #Earth #Thorns

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

#Spiritual #Talking #Too Much

No religion has a separate God showering grace only on those who profess to abide by that faith.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Grace

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Grace #Age #World

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Men #Earth #And Love

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Mean #Land #Support

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Sleep #Use #Four

Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Speak #Feels

Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Hygiene #House #Healthy

The gift of food to the hungry is the noblest of all gifts.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Hungry

Life is an opportunity afforded to each not to eat and drink, but to achieve something nobler and higher to merge in the Reality.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Opportunity #Reality #Life Is

You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it ensures promotion.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Giving #Tests #Welcome

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!
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Sympathy #Lying #Heart

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Dog #Sex #Dedication

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

#Arrows #Use #Poisonous

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Spiritual #Heart #Humanity

The heart with compassion is the temple of God.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Heart #Compassion #Temples

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Mistake #Moving #Talking

A human body is associated with six stages of transformation, birth, growth, change, evolution, death and destruction.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Growth #Body #Six

You are always your own best guru, your own best teacher, the answers are always inside you.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Teacher #Truth #Answers

All things are beautiful seen through the eyes of love.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Love #Beautiful #Eye

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Lying #Perfect #Anxiety

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Spiritual #Sky #People

Every experience is a lesson. Every loss is a gain.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Loss #Gains #Lessons

All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Spiritual #Practice #Revelations

You must enshrine in your hearts the spiritual urge towards light and love, Wisdom and Bliss!
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Spiritual #Heart #Light

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Inspirational #Character #Knowledge Is Power

Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Spiritual #Silence #Speech

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Determination #Desire #Celebration

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Skills #Accomplishment #Brain

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Spiritual #Spring #Heart

Love is a bridge over the sea of change. Do not build a house on it.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Love #Bridges #Sea

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Mind #Shells #Body

Love all. Serve all. Help ever. Hurt never.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Hurt #Helping

Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Pain #Grief #Sadness

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Spiritual #Prayer #Giving

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man? It is Love, Love for all humanity.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Wise #Wisdom #Men

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
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Birthday #Sweet #Heart

Your sight must become an insight; it must be turned within and used to purify and clarify your mind.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Sight #Mind #Used

You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Silence #Mind #Reign

When you want to be honored by others, you learn to honor them first.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Words Of Wisdom #Honor #Firsts

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Love #Flow #World

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Reflection #Achievement #Joy

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.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Heart #Sacrifice #Hands

It is only by means of purity of mind can you come close to the Lord.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Mean #Mind #Purity

At the root of all this is purity. Where there is purity there love grows. When purity and love come together, there is bliss.
-- Sathya Sai Baba

#Roots #Together #And Love