Sathya Sai Baba Quotes & Sayings

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

YOU find some one parade all of a sudden some -ism- as new and revolutionary socialism, for example. — Sathya Sai Baba

Multiplicity is a delusion. Unity is the Reality. — Sathya Sai Baba

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all. — Sathya Sai Baba

Anger is like an intoxicant; it reduces man and degrades him to the level of an animal. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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! — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Human society needs essntially fellow-feeling and unity. When these two are present, humanness will flourish. — Sathya Sai Baba

Thus, the Lingam is the simplest sign or symbol of Emergence and Mergence. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Without the confidence, nothing can be accomplished. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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 -. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

Earn by your efficiency and enthusiasm, The right to play higher and higher roles ,That is the meaning and purpose of life. — Sathya Sai Baba

Love is selflessness, Self is lovelessness. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Leadership is Idealism in Action. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

God is the mother and father of the world. Our parents are the mother and father of this body. — Sathya Sai Baba

You must be ever vigilant to discover the unifying Truth behind all the scintillating variety. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

All is divine, all is God, and unity is divinity. — Sathya Sai Baba

The cultivation of Human Values alone is Education. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

For the progress of humanity, work alone is not adequate, but the work should be associated with love, compassion, right conduct, truthfulness and sympathy ... — Sathya Sai Baba

Truth has to persist unaffected, in the past, present and future. That which is absent in two states, how can it be true. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

The development of the society, the state and the nation is proportionate to the development of the Human — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. Oneness can only be promoted by the practice of love. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Together with worldly education, you have to cultivate the human values and undertake spiritual discipline. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

All religions teach one basic discipline - the removal from the mind of the blemish of egoism, of running after little joys. — Sathya Sai Baba

The feminine is the foundation on which a peaceful and happy world is to be raised. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Discipline trains you to put up with disappointments, every rose has a thorn. — Sathya Sai Baba

When the yearning for living ends, there can be no more birth. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

Be simple and sincere. — Sathya Sai Baba

God rewards according to the mannerin which He is conceived or approached. — Sathya Sai Baba

If you incline towards God the passions that enslaves you will be rendered powerless. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

Speak with Love and it becomes Truth. — Sathya Sai Baba

Death may call any moment. Every moment, everyone is nearing death. — Sathya Sai Baba

I know everything that has happened to everybody in the past, everything that is happening now and everything that will happen in the future. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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! — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Be discriminating when dispensing charity. In the name of charity or philanthropy, we tend to do injustice to one's country. — Sathya Sai Baba

God has no forms, no limbs, no qualities, no preferences, no prejudices. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — 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! — Sathya Sai Baba

Human values should predominate in men's thoughts. Human life has no meaning without these values. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Life is endless, not punctuated by nights, days, months and years - for all are one, in the eternal stream ... — Sathya Sai Baba

God is one; there are not many Gods, one for each tribe among men. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Mind, word and act; all three must be filled with the belief that all is His play; that is the genuine path. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

Let us grow together, enjoy together ... — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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

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. — Sathya Sai Baba

Anger, ego, jealousy are the biggest diseases,Keep yourself aloof from these three diseases. — Sathya Sai Baba

God does not live in structures of stone or brick. He lives in soft hearts warm with sympathy and fragrant with universal love. — Sathya Sai Baba

Joy needs no object; it is our own nature. — Sathya Sai Baba

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

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). — Sathya Sai Baba