Sathya Sai Baba (born Sathya Narayana Raju; 23 November 1926 – 24 April 2011) was an Indian guru, cult leader, and philanthropist. He claimed to be the reincarnation of Sai Baba of Shirdi.
My people do not come to me of their own accord; it is I who seek and bring them to me.
Your true nature is purity, peace and joy.
When human body itself is made of flesh, where is the need to consume the flesh of birds and animals? You should partake of only sacred food. Only then you will have sacred feelings.
Every experience is a lesson. Every loss is a gain.
Thus, the Lingam is the simplest sign or symbol of Emergence and Mergence.
Do not contemplate on death; it is just an incident in life; contemplate on God, who is the master of all life.
I know everything that has happened to everybody in the past, everything that is happening now and everything that will happen in the future.
In truth you cannot understand the nature of My Reality, either today, or even after a thousand years of steady austerity or ardent inquiry, even if all mankind joins in that effort.
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.
How can I tolerate the slightest inconvenience to them, the women, the children, the sick, the aged, the blind, the decrepit, that come for counsel, consolation, courage and cure?.
Your sight must become an insight; it must be turned within and used to purify and clarify your mind.
You have not known even a fragment of My reality. The full nature of this reality can never be understood by anyone.
Self-confidence is confidence in the Atma; it is an unwavering love for the Divinity within you. That is very important. What will help you to develop that confidence? Be equalminded, be satisfied with what you have. Be happy.
Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.
It is only when the individual is good that society will progress. When the society and the nation is based on the observance of human values.
Eating meat and drinking liquor are demonic vices. Those indulging in drink lose all sense of propriety, have no compassion or love and become demons.
I am all deities in one. You may endeavour your best for thousands of years and have all mankind with you in your search. But you cannot understand My Reality.
God has no forms, no limbs, no qualities, no preferences, no prejudices.
Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel.
Do some Sadhana. Realize the Atma! Always think like that. . . "I am the Atma. I am all. "