A collection of Sri Sathya Sai Baba quotes and sayings on God, life, death, happiness, love, spiritualism, thoughts, future, learning, peace, guidance, desire, nature, world, change etc.
Sathya Narayan Raju, commonly known as Sri Sathya Sai Baba, was an Indian spiritual teacher and philanthropist, who claimed to be a reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi. Over the years, he attracted both fame and controversy with the acts of miraculous healing, demonic resurrections and dexterous clairvoyance. Many perceived these as simple acts as conjuring tricks while others recognized them as a sign of divinity and godliness. He established the Sathya Sai Trust to provide free heath care and education, which included several ashrams, schools and clinics. His star studded list of followers includes Aishwarya Rai, Sachin Tendulkar, Sanath Jayasuriya, Gundappa Viswanath, Joan Brown and Atal Bihari Vajpayee. On his 88th anniversary, the Indian Department of post released a commemorative stamp on him. We have curated Sathya Sri Sai Baba’s quotes and thoughts on issues such as love, peace, happiness, spirituality, knowledge, wisdom and humanity. These quotes have been excerpted from his teachings, sermons, speeches, writings etc.
Life is a song - sing it.
Life is a game - play it.
Life is a challenge - meet it.
Life is a dream - realize it.
Life is a sacrifice - offer it.
Life is love - enjoy it.
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.
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.
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
Love is a bridge over the sea of change. Do not build a house on it.
- Sathya Sai Baba
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
Once we surrender our mind to God completely, He will take care of us in every way.
- 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!
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.
If you honour your mother, the Mother of the Universe will guard you against harm.
- Sathya Sai Baba
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.
You must welcome tests because it gives you confidence and it ensures promotion.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Being a good example is the best form of service.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Only that which is got by hard effort will yield lasting benefit.
- Sathya Sai Baba
You do not have to practise all that you read. Take one or two things to practise and then it will become a reality to you.
- 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
When individuals change, society will change. And when society changes, the whole world will change. The welfare of the individual is bound up with the welfare of society as a whole.
- Sathya Sai Baba
As close as you are to God, so close is God to you.
- Sathya Sai Baba
...Every moment is the right moment.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Look at the world with the vision of peace, love, and compassion. Then the whole world will appear loving and peaceful.
No religion has a separate God showering grace only on those who profess to abide by that faith.
- Sathya Sai Baba
There is only one royal road for the spiritual journey...Love
- Sathya Sai Baba
Duty without love is deplorable.
Duty with love is desirable.
Love without duty is Divine.
- Sathya Sai Baba
You can remain in the world for any number of years, but don't let the world take hold. Don't let the world take hold of the inside world. There is the example of the lotus. It stays deep down in the mud. It comes up to the light, and it can't stay without water because it would die. But it does not get mixed up either with the mud or the water. You have seen the lotus; even if the water comes it just goes off again. Now, when they talk of God, they always say 'the lotus eyes, the lotus feet' because of this inner significance.
- Sathya Sai Baba
All is divine, all is God, and unity is divinity.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Multiplicity is a delusion. Unity is the Reality.
- Sathya Sai Baba
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 .
- Sathya Sai Baba
Do not think about the body. The body comes and goes; for it there is birth and there is death. But you are not the body. Body is just rust and dust. Think only of God. Love God.
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
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.
Where there is no purity, there is no Unity. Without Unity you cannot attain Divinity. Then your life is just a waste. First purity, next Unity, then you realize your Divinity.
Serve others for they are reflections of the same Entity of which you are yourself another reflection. No one of you has any authenticity, except in reference to the Original. Feel always kinship with all creation.
The body is just a water bubble. The mind is like a mad monkey. Do not follow either the body or the mind. Follow the Conscience. It is above the mind. It is permanent. It is the voice of God, the voice of unchanging truth inside you.
Devotional singing induces in you a desire for experiencing the truth, to glimpse the beauty that is God, to taste the bliss that is the Self. It encourages man to dive into himself and be genuinely his real Self.
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
In Sadhana there will be internal talk with God. You will give up all attachments and attach only to God.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Service broadens your vision widens your awareness. Deepens your compassion.
- 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.
All service should be regarded as an offering to God, and every opportunity to serve should be welcomed as a gift from God. When service is done in this spirit, it will lead to self- realization.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Seek your own Reality, That is what a wise man should do.
- Sathya Sai Baba
All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel.
- Sathya Sai Baba
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
Discipline is the mark of intelligent living.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Speak with Love and it becomes Truth.
- Sathya Sai Baba
The ego is a very bad quality. Ego sees everything as separate; it sees everything as dual. You must remove this ego and see only the Unity. Think only of Unity; think only of the basis of everything.
The essence of all religions is One. Surrender is the main duty of everyone. Surrender means the feeling of oneness, I and God are One. Why? The reason is that the One who is present in you is present in me.
When you feel you cannot do good, at least desist from doing evil.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Less talk - more work! There is too much talking going on. Because of excessive talking, spiritual energy is being wasted.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Love must express itself as service
- Sathya Sai Baba
The heart with compassion is the temple of God.
- Sathya Sai Baba
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
Before you speak, ask yourself, is it kind, is it necessary, is it true, does it improve the silence?
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
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
I - Want - Peace, I is ego, Want is desire; Remove ego and desire and you have peace.
Man will realize his mission on earth when he knows himself as divine and reveres others as divine.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Spiritual discipline is the cultivation of Love. Be full of Love. taste the exhilaration that Love can confer. Let everyone see your exuberant with light and joy.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Silence is the speech of the spiritual seeker.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Whenever and wherever you put yourself in touch with GOD, that is the state of meditation.
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.
- Sathya Sai Baba
Trust in my wisdom. I do not make mistakes. Love my uncertainty for it is not a mistake. It is my intent and will. Remember -- nothing happens without my will. Be still. Do not ask to understand. Do not want to understand.
- Sathya Sai Baba
I have come to light the lamp of Love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster. I have not come on behalf of any exclusive religion. I have not come on a mission of publicity for a sect or creed or cause, nor have I come to collect followers for a doctrine. I have no plan to attract disciples or devotees into my fold or any fold. I have come to tell you of this unitary faith, this spiritual principle, this path of Love, this virtue of Love, this duty of Love, this obligation of Love.
- 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.
