Sathya Baba Quotations

My activities are not for publicity or propaganda or even to confer joy on others! They are for conferring joy primarily on Me!

Only dedicated mothers can offer to the nation children who will strive for a great future for the country.

My task is the spiritual regeneration of Humanity through Truth and Love.

Only the rare individual will turn his full attention towards that divinity. Most people will see only the physical appearance of the chariot, its decorations and other such things as the fine raiment put on the sacred image inside, the costumes worn by the dancers and musicians, and all the sound and color of the festivities.

Only through Love transformation of the so called wicked ones is possible.

Only one God is present in everyone. Never follow the differences basing on the differences of the body. There is no chance or scope for conflict.

Only selfless service can encourage a person to reach the higher state of humanity.

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

When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the dirt that covers up the needle.

Make it sooner than later. Keep the goal clear before the eye and march on.

Make positive approach turning towards Divinity. The difference lies only in turning your mind.

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.

Life has to be lived through, for the sake of the chance to unfold the virtues.Otherwise, man is a burden upon the earth, a consumer of food.

Life is a bridge over the sea of changes. Do not build a house on it.

Life is a challenge, meet it! Life is a dream, realize it! Life is a game, play it! Life is Love, enjoy it!

Life is a mirage; It comes from no visible rain; It falls into no recognizable sea.

LIFE is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude between two wars. You have no rose without a thorn; the diligent picker will avoid the pricks and gather the flower. There is no bee without the sting; cleverness consists in gathering the honey nevertheless.

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

Life would be stale if there were no trials and difficulties. It is these difficulties which bring out the human values in man.

Life is the car, your heart is the key and God is the chauffeur.

Life is, Loving - Listening - Lifting - Learning - Living

Man is a prisoner of his senses as long as these two keep him under guard.

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!

Man degrades himself by consuming intoxicating drinks and non-vegetarian food and by indulging in smoking. These noxious habits affect the brain also.

Man derives all the joy and peace that he needs from within himself and not from sources outside himself. So the best spiritual discipline is, strengthen the inward vision.

Man falsely imagines I am doing this , I am planning this . It is the supreme, all pervasive consciousness that motivates, unfolds the skills and operates the intellect.

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.

Man has to follow righteousness. He has to cultivate love. he has to live in peace. He has to observe nonviolence.

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.

Of all the righteous acts, help rendered to those needing it, is the most righteous.

Occupations and resultant attitudes have been assigned to the various stages of human life.

Oceans are many, but Water is one;Religions are many, but God is one;  

Oneness of the Divine. It may be given a thousand names such as The Primary Cause / God / Energy / I. All that is created has its Self this Oneness.

One single name will yield fresh sweetness and fresh joy every time it is rolled on the tongue.

One's personality can blossom only when he leads a mora life.

One should cultivate human values for healthy living. this calls for harmony in thought, word and deed. When you cultivate this harmony you will be free from desires and fears.

One who is addicted to intoxicating drinks and meat eating and leads a sensuous life is a demonic being.Such a person is intensely selfish and has no feeling or consideration for others.

One who is full of love attains The states of Oneness with Him.

One who wears a white dress; One who is omnipresent;One who shines like the Moon; One who has four hands;One who has a beautiful and shining face;One who wards off all obstacles. I meditate on Him.

One without health cannot achieve any small thing.

One without power does not mean lack of physical or mental strength.

Nature can be modified by nurture; even dogs can cease to relish meat when they are trained to relish only vegetarian food.

No one asks himself what good or benefit society derives from him. Start by rendering benefit to society.

No one can liberate you, for no one has bound you; you hold on to the nettle of worldly pleasures and you weep for pain. The kite is pursued by the crows so long as it carries the fish in its beak, it twists and turns in the sky trying to last and it drops the fish. That moment it is free. So give up the attachment to the senses; then grief and worry can harass you no more.

No one can take the wealth of the world with him when he dies. This is a truth we have seen throughout the history of mankind.

No one can understand my Mystery. The best you can do is to get immersed in it. It is no use your arguing about pros and cons; dive and know the depth; eat and know the taste.

One can imbibe those lessons only to the extent of one's patience and intelligent skill.

Money comes and goes; morality comes and grows.

More than listening to a hundred lectures or delivering them to others, offering one act as genuine service attracts the Grace of God.

No one is born and allowed to live for the sake of another. Each has his own burden to carry and lay down.

No one will go to the rescue of a drowning man if his cries are feeble. 

PERFORM all acts with as much love as you would offer God. In Truth, you eat for the satisfaction of the I in you and dress up to please the self-same I . The husband loves his wife for the sake of the I . And who is this I that is persistently inherent in everyone? It is God Himself.

Nothing can hold Me up or agitate Me or cast a shadow on Me, come in this Human form , be certain of that.

Never believe that body is permanent. Body is like a water bubble. Mind is like a mad monkey.

Never bring grief or sorrow to your country.

Now you worship His Form, you repeat His name; ignoring His orders. Without practicing the discipline laid down by Rama to purify the mind, all else is mere show, empty rituals.

Observe the laws of the state and be an exemplary citizen.

No other weapon has the power of forbearance.  It should not be used only as an individual instrument.  It has to be experienced collectively also.  That is the reason why the scripture has commended collective forbearance at the very outset of the spiritual quest.  What is its inner meaning? 

Philosophy that cannot be understood, scriptures that are not practiced - it is a waste of time to talk of them.

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 been stressing the vital importance of people giving up this habit of eating non-vegetarian food even from my boyhood days. Meat eating fosters animal qualities in man making him descend to the demoniac level; it is a heart-rending sight to see cows being slaughtered to serve as food for man.

Learn to give, not to take. Learn to serve, not to rule.

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

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

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.

Look to me and I will look to you.

Love is one; it transcends caste, color and creed, if it has to be genuine.

Love is the basis of all forms of worship of which Abraham was the human prototype.

Love is the form of Brahman (The Supreme Reality)Brahman is love Divine.

Love is the rose. Lust is the thorn.

Love is your life, your friend, your relative, your food and your everything. Heart that is filled with love can never be polluted. Love is nectarine. Once you fill it in your heart, the poison of evil will have no place in it.

Love knows no fear and so love needs no falsehood to support it.

LOVE lives by giving and forgiving.  Self lives by getting and forgetting.

Love must flow not from the tongue or from the head only, but chiefly from the heart.

Love towards all beings. The founders always had in view the Unity of all life and the progressive march of man towards Divinity.

Love all and serve all. Your entire life will be sanctified thereby.

Love all men without distinction; Know that mankind is a single community.

Love alone can overcome obstacles, however many and mighty.

Love and serve the homeland; do not hate or hurt the homeland of others.

Love...doesn't allow any room for pettiness or narrow outlook.

Love expands; it does not limit itself to boundaries.

Love God with all your heart,With all your soul

Love helps you to know yourself... turn your vision inward.

Love is essential to become a complete human being.

Love is life for man and love is everything in this world.

When you develop your power of discrimination and become fully awake to the indwelling divinity, you will not suffer sorrow nor be subjected to fear.

Let the day dawn for you and others with thought of the Almighty, the Compassionate, and the Omnipresent self-knowing God. What greater service can you do to yourself and others? This will give you health and happiness.

Let the different faiths exist; let them flourish and the glory of God be sung in all the languages and in a variety of tunes.

Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity.

Let God work through you and there will be no more duty. Let God shine forth. Let God show Himself. Live God, Eat God. Drink God. Breathe God. Realize the Truth and the other things will take care of themselves.

Let us perform heroic deeds by working together;

Let your whole life be a spiritual song.

Men are becoming the targets of various types of mental ailments.

Men are born with a helpless lamenting cry; they should die with a smile of happy joy.

Modesty and devotion to God are real jewels for woman kind. The feminine is the foundation on which a peaceful and happy world is to be raised.

Mind can have peace only when it merges in the Absolute Consciousness, Primal Cause and the Unchanging Existence.

Mind has no physical form and so it does not perish with the body; only the body perishes.

Mind is a wonder,It has no distinct form or shape.

Mind is but a bundle of thoughts, a complex of wants and wishes.

Mind is like a clear mirror but it is made impure by our desires.