Quotes from Sathya Sai Baba

Everyone has Love towards some thing or other, and that Love is a spark of the Divine; everyone has ultimately to base his life on some one Truth; that Truth is God.

Only thoughts of God and intense love for Him bring peace.

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.

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.

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

When you want to be honored by others, you learn to honor them first.

Man has boyhood, adolescence, youth, middle age and senescence, as stages of growth; there are also corresponding stages in the growth of wisdom in him.

Let us live and move in harmony. Let us grow together. Let us cherish the wisdom that we have acquired together. Let us live in complete harmony without any misunderstanding.

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

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

All are brothers and sisters. All are one, be alike to every­one. That is Unity... the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of God.

Seek your own Reality, That is what a wise man should do.

LIFE + DESIRE = MAN; LIFE - DESIRE = GOD.

The aim of all spiritual practice is love.

A man who has no love in him is as barren as a cloud with no moisture, a tree with no fruits or a cow yielding no milk; he is ever far from God and can never earn His Grace.

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

The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded.

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.

There is no enemy more vicious than your own anger.

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

Your duty is to pray for the welfare of the world and to work for it as far as it lies in your power.

Duty is God;Work is worship.

You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it ensures promotion.

Without the confidence, nothing can be accomplished.