Sathya Baba Desire Quotations

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

Mother Veda is compassionate; she longs to liberate her children from doubt and discontent. She has no desire to inflame or confuse; wise men know this well.

Friendship is the expression of unshakable LOVE, LOVE that is noble, pure, free from desire or egoism.

Peace, People clamor I want Peace , But they do not let go of I(ego) or Want(desire). I and Want deal with the outside world. Peace is inside, pieces are outside.

What you would desire others to do for you, you should do for others. You should respect others, as you want to be respected by them.

Wealth has to be earned through Righteousness. Desire has to be for Liberation.

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.

Another point; you desire that I should come to your houses, you pray to Me to do so, you grieve when I do not come, you start reviling yourself that you are poorer than others, that you are spiritually underdeveloped perhaps, and so on. I have no place in My heart for such distinctions and differences.

Study the lives of our great women, who were models of patience, fortitude, compassion and sacrifice. I desire that you should take up the reins of leadership and bring peace and prosperity to the nation by leading ideal lives.

Desire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work - hence these bad qualities must be sacrificed. With good and sweet words, keeping desires under check and control (for ultimate removal), one should start on the path of sacrifice.

Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel. Desire is the sole cause of sorrow and distress.

Desire is like the shadow caused by the morning sun; it gets longer when you run to catch; it makes you a fool.

Desire is storm, greed is whirlpool, pride is precipice, attachment is avalanche, ego is volcano. Discard desire and you are liberated.

Desire is the worst enemy; it ruins many a human life. Desire when fulfilled breeds further desire.

Desire makes man forget his real nature and reduces him to be status of a beast.

Desire plus life is man, Life minus desire is God.

Human desire is illimitable and without end. It makes you pursue the mirage in the desert; it makes you build castles in the air; it breeds discontent and despair, once you succumb to it.

THE motherland is not a mere lump of earth. When we desire its progress, we have to promote the progress of the people who dwell therein.