Baba Quotes
I am you; you are ME. You are the waves; I am the ocean. Know this and be free, be divine.
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.
You are seeking joy and peace in far-off places. But the spring of joy is in your heart. The haven of peace is in yourself.
The narrow-minded who undertake any work will never be satisfied. They cannot understand the actions of those who are large hearted and broad-minded.
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!
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.
The grace of God is like insurance. It will help you in your time of need without any limit.
Selfless service alone gives the needed strength and courage to awaken the sleeping humanity in one's heart.
The best service you can do is to keep your thoughts on God. Keep God in mind every minute.
As soon as a person starts thinking, 'I want to be a better person,' that is the start of Yoga.
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.
No religion has a separate God showering grace only on those who profess to abide by that faith.
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.
Desire is storm, greed is whirlpool, pride is precipice, attachment is avalanche, ego is volcano. Discard desire and you are liberated.
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.
Long for what is real. You will then have no time for worrying over what may never happen.
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.
It is best to live with honor for just a day than with dishonor for many decades; better a short lived celestial swan than a century-lived crow.
Look at the world with the vision of peace, love, and compassion. Then the whole world will appear loving and peaceful.
The book that I shall make people read is the book of the heart, which holds the key to the mystery of life
Let the wave of memory, the storm of desire, the fire of emotion pass through without affecting your equanimity.
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.
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 is not a burden, but we make it one when we refuse to accept things as they are.
Clear the mind of all worldly things. If you can't control your mind, how will you realize God?
Worry has never done anyone any good, and it is very much worse than mere dissipation of psychic energy, for it substantially curtails the joy and fullness of life.
God does not live in structures of stone or brick. He lives in soft hearts warm with sympathy and fragrant with universal love.
It should not be taken in a hot climate. If you are in a place that is cool and peaceful, and you are alone and your mind is turned toward God, then you may take the yogi medicine.
Forgiveness is the best charity. (It is easy to give the poor money and goods when one has plenty, but to forgive is hard; but it is the best thing if one can do it.)
All spiritual practice must be directed to the removal of the husk and the revelation of the kernel.
When body, breath, and mind work together in harmony to achieve a spiritual goal, that is yoga.
Whatever books you may read, you cannot realize the Divine merely by intellectual effort. Oneness can only be promoted by the practice of love.
