Baba Quotes

Happiness is a continuous creative activity of imaginatively comparing your experiences to things that aren't as good and thereby feeling happy and grateful.

The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.

The body will shine if the character is fine; service of man and worship of God will preserve its charm.

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.

Love is the strongest medicine.

Unless knowledge is transformed into wisdom, and wisdom is expressed in character; education is a wasteful process.

You have come from God, you are a spark of His Glory; you are a wave of that Ocean of Bliss; you will get peace only when you again merge in Him.

You seek too much information and not enough transformation.

All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.

God is the Sun and when His rays fall upon your heart, not impeded by the clouds of egoism, the lotus blooms and the petals unfold.

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.

Rama for you should mean the Path He trod, the ideal He held aloft, and the Ordinance He laid down. They are eternal and timeless.

Being a good example is the best form of service.

You are always your own best guru, your own best teacher, the answers are always inside you.

By running away from the world no one can get peace. Anywhere you go the problems will go with you, because the problems are inside you and not outside. Outside is simply a projection of inside.

The whole universe is our home and all residing in it belong to our family... instead of trying to see God in a particular appearance, it is better to see him in everything.

Violence in any form is evil and to kill innocent animals in tantamount to blatant savagery.

No one can please everyone. Your mental peace is more important. If you are in peace, then others around you will feel peace. So your best effort should be to work on yourself.

Love must express itself as service

Light can penetrate any amount of darkness but no amount of darkness can penetrate light.

Feelings and emotions are only the creation of mind and energy. Love is the creation of the soul.

It is not so much that you are within the cosmos but that the cosmos is within you.

Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more fatally than even arrows.

Difficulties give us the opportunity to prove our greatness by overcoming them.

It is only in the depths of silence that the voice of God can be heard.

The world is not a burden; we make it a burden by our desires. When the desires are removed, the world is as light as a feather on an elephant's back.

Start the day with love, spend the day with love, fill the day with love and end the day with love. That is the way to God.

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

Cultivate the heart to raise a harvest of Truth, Righteousness, Peace and Love. This crop has to be raised in your heart and should be shared with others.

Work honestly, meditate everyday, meet people without fear and play.

If we suffer in the sufferings of others and feel happy in the happiness of others, we are loving God.

All things are beautiful seen through the eyes of love.

The body is a boat that carries the soul in the ocean of the world. If it is not strong, or it has a hole, then it cannot cross the ocean, so the first duty is to fix the boat.

You have it in your power to make your days on Earth a path of flowers, instead of a path of thorns.

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.

I have come to light the lamp of love in your hearts, to see that it shines day by day with added luster.

Pure love is matchless in majesty; it has no parallel in power and there is no darkness it cannot dispel.

I don't want to be a leader. I want to be one who goes around with a little oil can and offer help when I see a breakdown.

Happiness is a continuous creative activity.

Hands that serve are holier than lips that pray.

Small minds select narrow roads; expand your mental vision and take to the broad road of helpfulness, compassion and service.

Happiness dies when not shared

Joy is more infectious than leprosy.

Man seeks to change the foods available in nature to suit his tastes, thereby putting an end to the very essence of life contained in them.

I am the slave of those who hunger and thirst after me and treat everything else as unimportant.

If you are through with dreams, then progress halts.

Once you are in the orbit of your destiny, weightlessness is the only result.

What do we lose by another's good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them. That should be our desire and determination.

Children copy their parents, friends, and teachers. They will develop the habits of the people around them. So if you want your child to be honest, peaceful and happy you should be that way first.

The sign of a person who has had an education is good manners.