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.
A wicked person, swayed by evil motives and evil actions, is described as a demon.
You must be ever vigilant to discover the unifying Truth behind all the scintillating variety.
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.
Man has boyhood, adolescence, youth, middle age and senescence, as stages of growth; there are also corresponding stages in the growth of wisdom in him.
Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.
Only that which is got by hard effort will yield lasting benefit.
Develop Self-confidence, then love will follow; it will come naturally from within. And that way the love will be pure.
In Sadhana there will be internal talk with God. You will give up all attachments and attach only to God.
You can remain in the world for any number of years, but don't let the world take hold. Don't let the world take hold of the inside world. There is the example of the lotus. It stays deep down in the mud. It comes up to the light, and it can't stay without water because it would die. But it does not get mixed up either with the mud or the water. You have seen the lotus; even if the water comes it just goes off again. Now, when they talk of God, they always say 'the lotus eyes, the lotus feet' because of this inner significance.
Love helps you to know yourself. . . turn your vision inward.
Human values are born with man. They are not got from outside. Man in his ignorance is not aware of these values. when man sheds his ignorance, he will experience his divine nature.
Keep your own house and its surroundings pure and clean. This hygiene will keep you healthy and benefit your worldly life.
God designed in different faiths adored by different human communities are all limbs of the One God that really is.
You may have the best vegetables, you may be the most capable cook, but, if the copper vessel in which you prepare the vegetable soup is not tinned, the concretion you cook will be highly poisonous! So 'tin' your heart with truth, right conduct, peace and divine love; it will then become a vesssel fit for repeating holy name or symbols, meditation, religious vows, pilgrimage, ritualistic worship and the other dishes that you prepare in it.
Our life is like a block of ice which is melting away every moment. Before it spends itself, devote it to the service of others. Education in Human Values is designed to prepare everyone for this life of dedicated service.
God will certainly be pleased if you give water for the thirsty, bread for the hungry and clothes to the naked.
God plays pranks and directs.
Together with worldly education, you have to cultivate the human values and undertake spiritual discipline.
People should remain unaffected by what others may say. A true man is one who overcomes the ups and downs of life with fortitude. One should not recoil before reverses of fortunes. One should bravely face them and overcome them.
The enumeration of human values as five - Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love and Non-violence is not correct. They are all facets of the foundational humanness. They grow together; they are absence of Inner conflicts. How can one have peace when he revels in violence of speach and action?