Sathya Baba Joy Quotations

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

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.

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

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

Since I know the past, the background, My reaction is different. If only you knew, you too will react differently. It is the consequences of the evil, deliberately done in the previous births, and so I have to allow the suffering to continue, modified often by some little compensation. I do not cause either joy or grief; you are the designer of both the chains.

Share your joy, your wealth and your knowledge with others less fortunate. That is the surest means of winning divine grace.

God has given enough avenues of joy in creation. But they have to be shared and enjoyed. You are entitled to just your share of it.

Man seeks joy in far off places and peace in quiet spots; but the spring of joy is in his heart. the haven of peace is in himself. Even when he walks on the moon, man has to take with him, his fears, his anxieties, his prejudices and his pet aversions.

Yes, I will give to those who give of themselves, untold Joy and Bliss; and what is more, I will lead them by the hand along those petal strewn paths of Eternal Joy.

When women are true,brave, kind and compassionate the World can have an era of peace and joy!

The experience of this one life must be enough to show you that there is no joy unmixed with grief, that both grief and joy are short-lived and they both depend on the mind and its control. You do not require the experience of a series of lives to grasp this patent fact.

Those who seek to acquire steadiness of faith must first acquire the strength to bear grief and pain, insult and injury. The succession of joy and grief must help confirm the faith and make it immovable. That alone can evidence true devotion.

Believe that God is everywhere at all times, and derive strength, comfort, and joy by singing His glory in His presence. 

Diamond, Why do you seek a diamond to give you joy? Seek instead the state of DIE MIND, which will give you pure and lasting joy.

There is nothing to equal the peace and joy that you get.

Speak without anger or spite without any artificiality or formality straight from the heart.then you will be spreading joy and love among all.

Try to sanctify your life by doing service and spreading joy and comfort all around.

This body is the residence of God. The food you take is the offering you make to him. Your act of bathing is the ceremonial bathing of Him who is in You. The ground you walk on is His domain. The joy you gain is His gift. The grief you experience is His lesson. Remember Him ever, in sun and rain, day and night, asleep and awake.

Adore Him(GOD), placing a garland of tears around His neck; washing His feet with tears, springing from joy at the contemplation of His Love! That very worship will endow you with the wisdom that Sages seek and the Bliss that the Books extol!       

You say, enjoy ; but it is when you end joy , that you can really enjoy.

If you identify yourselves with the body that you carry about with you, you are inviting sorrow and suffering to overwhelm you instead of the joy and peace which are awaiting to bless you.

If you live on the level of the Body and the Individual, you will get entangled in food, fun and frolic, ease, envy and pride. Forget it, ignore it, overcome it -- You will have peace, joy and calm. In the Divine Path, there is no chance of failure; it is the Path of Love.

The joy of being the master of senses is far greater than being their slave.

The joy one gets while promoting another's joy is incomparable.

The joy that we cause in the heart of GOD is the only worthwhile achievement.

After mastering the texts and gaining experience in putting the lessons into actual practice, one can share the light and the joy with others.

Agriculture is for living; mind culture is for life. Skills are for shaping material things so that they cater more for the comfort of man; studies are for shaping attitudes, feelings, desires, emotions and impulses of man, so that they may confer more peace, more joy and more fortitude on man.

It was ascribed to one's past deeds and one's own mental tendencies. It is wrong to cast the blame on others. But, someone pointed out that God was the originator of both joy and grief and that, without His Will, no blade of grass can waver in the wind; Yes; if that Truth be firmly established in the heart, one gets the unique bliss of liberation.