Sai Baba Quotes

A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion.

You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!

To every one of us there must come a time when the whole universe will be found to have been a dream, when we find the soul is infinitely better than its surroundings. It is only a question of time, and time is nothing in the infinite.

What the world needs today is neither a new order, a new education, a new system, a new society nor a new religion. The remedy lies in a mind and a heart filled with holiness.

The end of knowledge is wisdom The end of culture is perfection The end of wisdom is freedom The end of education is character. And character consists of eagerness to renounce one's selfish greed.

Do not be misled by what you see around you, or be influenced by what you see. You live in a world which is a playground of illusion, full of false paths, false values and false ideals. But you are not part of that world.

Let anyone speak hundreds of things against you, do not resent by giving a bitter reply. If you tolerate such things, you will certainly be happy. If anybody wants any money from you, and you are not inclined to give, do not give. But do not bark at him like a Dog.

Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.

What is necessary is not EHV, but 3-HV: (Head-Heart-and Hands). The hands should carry out what the heart and approved of the ideas emanated from the head.

Education confers humility, endows one with the authority to command, that will entitle one to affluence. With the help of charity and compassion this affluence can be made fruitful, and by this means, happiness in this world and peace in the next can be won.

Education has to be welcomed as a Spiritual Practice for the establishment of Peace in the individual heart as well as in society including the human commonwealth.

The objective of education should be impressed on the children's minds. The academic education of today is shallow and useless because it has no value orientation.

A college which does not confer the knowledge of the Spiritual Reality to the students who are engaged in the pursuit of various material studies, is as barren as the sky without the moon, or a heart without peace, or a nation without reference to law.

Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to the people.

Education should ennoble the students, but instead it is debasing them. Instead of shaping the young into diamonds, it is turning them into coals. It is not bringing transformation in them, It is not bestowing wisdom.

Education is not acquisition of burdensome information regarding objects and men. It is the awareness of the immortal spirit within,, which is the spring of joy, peace and courage.

What the head thinks, should be examined critically in the heart and this right decision should be carried out by the hands. This should be the primary product of the educational process.

Real education should enable one to utilise the knowledge one has acquired to meet the challenges of life and to make all human beings happy as far as possible.

Education today is a process of filling the mind with the contents of books, emptying the contents in the examination hall and returning empty-headed.

College education gives you the chance to earn money and live thereupon. But, umless it destroys certain illusions that are nourished by the common level of mankind, your lives will not be happy.

Wisdom flashes like lightening amidst the clouds of the inner sky; one has to foster the flash, and preserve the light. That is the true sign of the 'educated' person.

Education today does not impart to the students the capacity or grit to face the challenges of daily life. The educational field has become the playing ground of ignorance.

Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning to man only when he steps on to the spiritual path, a path where negative emotions have no use.

The education system today makes and educated person selfish. It makes that person a slave to the senses and as a consequence the person forgets their own divine nature.

The wretched and miserable would rise into plenty of joy and happiness as soon as they climb the steps of my mosque.

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.

I had a Guru. He was a great saint and most merciful. I served him long - very, very long; still, he would not blow any mantra in my ears. I had a keen desire never to leave him but to stay with him and serve him and at all cost receive some instruction from him.

I am formless and everywhere. I am in everything. I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space. All that you see, taken together, is Myself. I do not shake or move.

I shall be active and vigorous even from the tomb.

I am the protector of all lives. I am present even before the creation. I am prime God.

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

If you honor your mother, the mother of the universe will guard you against harm.

Life is a challenge – meet it.

What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.

Do not get attached to worldly things and pursuits. Be in the world, but do not let the world be in you.

My eye is ever on those who love me.

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

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

Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.

Be simple and sincere.

Let all beings in all the worlds be happy. Include this universal prayer in your prayers every day. This is my birthday message to you.

You do not have to practice all that you read. Take one or two things to practice and then it will become a reality to you.

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

Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.

The grace of God is like insurance. It will help you in your time of need without any limit.

Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.

Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain – grief is an interval between two moments of joy.

Love is selflessness. Self is lovelessness.

Only that which is got by hard effort will yield lasting benefit.

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

The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.

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

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

Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind? Is it necessary? Is it true? Does it improve the silence?

He, who attain the supreme goal of life, is immortal and happy; all others merely exist.

One’s sin will not cease till one falls at the feet of Sadhusò.

Always think of God and you will see what He does.

I am your servants’ servant.

The Moral Law is inexorable, so follow it, observe it, and you will reach your goal: God is the perfection of the Moral Law.

Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.

Let us be humble.

God will show his love. He is kind to all.

When you see with your inner eye. Then you realize that you are God and not different from him

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

Wealth is really a means to work out dharma. If one uses it merely for personal enjoyment, it is vainly spent.

Recognise the existence of the Moral Law as governing results. Then unswervingly follow this Law.

All gods are one. There is no difference between a Hindu and a Muslim. Mosque and temple are the same.

What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.

To God be the praise. I am only the slave of God.

Satsang that is associating with the good is good. Dussaya, or associating with evil-minded people, is evil and must be avoided.

You should not stay for even one second at a place where people are speaking disrespectfully of a saint.

Speak the truth and truth alone.

Choose friends who will stick to you till the end, through thick and thin

Harsh words cannot pierce your body. If anybody speaks ill of you, just continue on unperturbed.

Do not fight with anyone, nor retaliate, nor slander anyone.

Meditate on what you read and think of God.

No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly.

I give my devotees whatever they ask, until they ask for what I want to give.

Distinguish right from wrong and be honest, upright and virtuous.

Poverty is the highest of riches and a thousand times superior to a king’s wealth.

I am the slave of those who hunger and thirst after me and treat everything else as unimportant.

Put full faith in God’s providence.

If you avoid rivalry and dispute, God will protect you.

Whoever makes me the sole object of their love, merges in me like a river in the ocean.

That should be our desire and determination. I stay by the side of whoever repeats my name.

The wise are cheerful and content with their lot in life.

Meditate on me either with form or without form, that is pure bliss.

If anyone offends you do not return tit for tat.

God is not so far away. He is not in the heavens above, nor in hell below. He is always near you.

There is a wall of separation between oneself and others and between you and me. Destroy this wall!

Give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Then God will be pleased. Saburi (patience) ferries you across to the distant goal.

Do not bark at people and don’t be aggressive, but put up with others’ complaints.

Do not be obsessed by the importance of wealth. See the divine in the human being.

The four sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just has complete trust in your guru: it is enough.

Get on with your worldly activities cheerfully, but do not forget God.

Do not kick against the pricks of life. Whatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration.

Spend money in charity; be generous and munificent but not extravagant.

Stay by me and keep quiet. I will do the rest. What is our duty? To behave properly. That is enough. My eye is ever on those who love me.

What God gives is never exhausted, what man gives never lasts.

Be contented and cheerful with what comes.

If we see all actions as God’s doing, we will be unattached and free from karmic bondage.

My devotees see everything as their Guru.

Do not be idle: work, utter God’s name and read the scriptures.

All that you see taken together is Myself. I do not shake or move.

Look to me and I will look to you.

Why fear when I am here?

Death and life are the manifestations of God’s activity. You cannot separate the two. God permeates all.

Mukti is impossible for those addicted to lust.

Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.

I am formless and everywhere. I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space.

God is one – Sabka Maaalik ek

To get the knowledge (realization) of the self, dhyana (meditation) is necessary. if you practice it continuously, the vrittis (thoughts) will be pacified. being quite desireless, you should meditate on the lord, who is in all the creatures, and when the mind is concentrated, the goal will be achieved.

If you spread your palms with devotion before me, i am immediately with you, day and night. though, i am here bodily, still I know what you do; beyond the seven seas. go wherever you will, over the wide world, i am with you.

My abode is in your heart and i am within you. always worship me, who is seated in your heart, as well as, in the hearts of all beings, blessed and fortunate, indeed, is he who knows me thus.

People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. Why then come to Shirdi and slander people?

If anyone gets angry with another, they wound me to the quick. If you cannot endure abuse from another, just say a simple word or two, or else leave. What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.

If formless meditation is difficult, then think of my form just as you see it here. With such meditation, the difference between subject and object is lost and the mind dissolves in unity.

For seeing brahman (realising the self) one has to give five things, (i.e. surrender five things) (1) five pranas (vital forces), (2) five senses (five of action and five of perception), (3) mind, (4) intellect and (5) ego. this path of brahma-jnana of self-realisation is ‘as hard as to tread on the edge of a razor.

I love devotion. This body is just my house. My guru has long ago taken me away from it.”“I look on all with an equal eye. I cannot do anything without God’s permission.

God has agents everywhere and their powers are vast. I have to take care of my children day and night and give an account to God of every paisa.

f one devotes their entire time to me and rests in me, need fear nothing for body and soul. If one sees me and me alone and listens to my Leelas and is devoted to me alone, they will reach God.

Whatever you do, wherever you may be, always bear this in mind: I am always aware of everything you do. I will not allow my devotees to come to harm.

My business is to give blessings. I get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the waters to the several rivers? I will take you to the end. Surrender completely to God.

If you make me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will gain the supreme goal. Trust in the Guru fully. That is the only sadhana. I am the slave of my devotee.

Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he has created through his past ways of life, with all those material interests and earthly ambitions.

As worldly thoughts diminish, thoughts of God increase. Normally, the mind is all the time desiring these worldly things. As the desires are cut out one by one, the peace becomes stronger.

True devotion must not get dispirited; nor elated or satisfied with lesser gains; it must fight against failure, loss, calumny, calamity, ridicule and against egoism and pride, impatience and cowardice.

Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.

What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.

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.

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.

Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.