Baba Quotes

In 2006, the global economy was doing well. In India, the political and economic situation was stable. All key macroeconomic indicators reflected an economy that was in robust good health. ~ Baba Kalyani

This is a human form in which every Divine entity, every Divine principle, that is to say, all the names and forms ascribed by man to God, are manifest ... You are very fortunate that you have the chance to experiences the bliss of the vision of the form, which is the form of all gods, now, in this life itself. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Egoism will be destroyed, if you constantly tell yourself, 'It is He, not I','He is the force, I am but the instrument'. Keep His name always on the tongue, and contemplate His glory whenever you see or hear anything beautiful or grand. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

We are a heterogeneous society. We have to accept that. Growth has to be such that the most backward sections also benefit from it. Otherwise, it will be a very imbalanced growth. ~ Baba Kalyani

Formerly when the Govardhanagiri (mountain) was raised aloft by a little boy, the gopis and gopalas realised that Krishna was the Lord. Now, it is not one Govardhanagiri, a whole range will be lifted, you will see! ~ Sathya Sai Baba

But such a tiny and trivial thing as an umbrella can deprive you of the sight of such a stupendous fact as the sun. ~ Meher Baba

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

But later that night, as I brush my teeth in the bathroom, I overhear Baba and Thaya Jaan talking in the guest room next door. "

All this music all the time. You shouldn't let Amina do so much singing and piano," Thaya Jaan says.

I stop brushing and strain to hear every word, trying to follow.

"But, Bhai Jaan, she is so talented. Her music teachers say she is really quite gifted."

"Yes, but music is forbidden in Islam. It's a waste of time and has no benefit. Instead of filling her head with music, she should focus on memorizing Quran."

The toothpaste suddenly tastes bitter. I spit it out and wait to hear what Baba will say. Surely he'll say the things he's always told me, like how music makes him feel closer to God and that my talent is a gift from Allah.

But all Baba says is, "Yes, Bhai Jaan," and then he stays quiet.

I am numb. Is Thaya Jaan right? Am I doing something wrong? ~ Hena Khan

Liam's lips tightened. "She's only a little girl. She doesn't know anything about swords. What if she cuts herself? It's sharp, right?"
"Of course it is sharp, Liam. What would be the point ot having a sword that wasn't? ~ Deborah Blake

YOU find some one parade all of a sudden some -ism- as new and revolutionary socialism, for example. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Cleanse the mirror of your heart, and you will see God. ~ Neem Karoli Baba

There is no use if knowledge grows while desires multiply. It makes one a hero in words and a zero in action. ~ Sai Baba

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. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Control of senses is an important human value. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Every experience is a lesson. Every loss is a gain. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

The happiness of God-realization is self-sustained, eternally fresh and unfailing, boundless and indescribable. And it is for this happiness that the world has sprung into existence. ~ Meher Baba

Give up all forms of parrotry. Start practicing whatever you truly feel to be true and justly to be just. Do not make a show of your faith and beliefs. You have not to give up your religion, but to give up clinging to the husk of mere ritual and ceremony. To get to the fundamental core of Truth underlying all religions, reach beyond religion. ~ Meher Baba

Mind, word and act; all three must be filled with the belief that all is His play; that is the genuine path. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

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. ~ Sai Baba

I know everything that has happened to everybody in the past, everything that is happening now and everything that will happen in the future. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

There is no higher or lower goal. There is only one goal, Self-Realization. ~ Meher Baba

You might even say their bark is as bad as their bite. ~ Deborah Blake

Some people think, Swami calls himself a powerful magnet, but He is unable to attract us. The fault lies in them only. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

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?. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Thanks, Baba. You are always such a comfort."
She gave him a wry look. "I know. I've been considering becoming a counselor. Or possibly a nurse."
Day shook his head. "If I were you, Baba Yaga, I'd stick to your day job. ~ Deborah Blake

To ask for a purely intellectual proof of the existence of God is like asking for the privilege of being able to see with your ears! ~ Meher Baba

Evil habits, in which men indulge, are the chief cause of disease in the physical as well as the mental state. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

God is the mother and father of the world. Our parents are the mother and father of this body. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

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. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

But we were supposed to be exceptional." "Wakanda is exceptional, Baba. And now, more than ever, we need someone to remind us. ~ Ta-Nehisi Coates

The advantage comes out of the capability of Indian engineers and the competitiveness of their capabilities and the cost at which they can create those capabilities. ~ Baba Kalyani

There is a feeling within our system that defence equipment can't be made here and should be imported. I wanted to break this myth, so we spent our money and made a product to prove we have capability in this country, so don't just brush us aside. ~ Baba Kalyani

The Human Values should be regarded as basic requirements for every human being. In spreading the message of these values to the world, you should all cooperate with each other and act in harmony. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

I sought my soul, but my soul I could not see, I sought my god, but my god eluded me; And then I sought my sisters and my brothers, and in them I found all three. ~ Baba Amte

Serve others for they are reflections of the same Entity of which you are yourself another reflection. No one of you has any authenticity, except in reference to the Original. Feel always kinship with all creation. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Life becomes meaningful and all activities are purposeful only on the basis of faith in the enduring reality. ~ Meher Baba

One Must Always Remember That Birth, Old Age, Disease And Death Comes At Any Moment In Regardless Of Whom We Are Or What We Have In Forms Of Material Possession. ~ Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo

God has come again and again in various Forms, has spoken again and again in different words and different languages the Same One Truth but how many are there that live up to it? Instead of making Truth the vitalbreath of his life, man compromises by making over and over againa mechanical religion of it a handy staff to lean on in times of adversity, a soothing balm for his conscience or a tradition to be followed. ~ Meher Baba

She took to reading with a fervor so extreme, Baba Joseph had to take the books from her hands by force. 'Your eyes are not tractors. They are not meant to pull heavy loads,' he said sternly. ~ Nancy Farmer

Prema (love): practise that; develop that; spread that; and all the hatreds and jealousies of today will disappear. That is the duty of the Divine Life Society, here as well as elsewhere. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

You are my only prize; the kids are a bonus.' Baba had a way of reassuring Mama of how much she meant to him. Their love story inspired all of us; they exemplified everything that was beautiful about marriage. They worked together as a team, they complemented one another. The sacrifices were many, but they never kept count. ~ Hani Selim

God is without birth and death and is an eternal witness; you must strive hard to earn the love of God. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Life is an opportunity afforded to each not to eat and drink, but to achieve something nobler and higher to merge in the Reality. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

I loved wintertime in Kabul. I loved it for the soft pattering of snow against
my window at night, for the way fresh snow crunched under my black rubber boots,
for the warmth of the cast-iron stove as the wind screeched through the yards,
the streets. But mostly because, as the trees froze and ice sheathed the roads,
the chill between Baba and me thawed a little. And the reason for that was the
kites. Baba and I lived in the same house, but in different spheres of
existence. Kites were the one paper thin slice of intersection between those
spheres. ~ Khaled Hosseini

It is essential to practice spiritual disciplines along with academic studies. ~ Sai Baba

Man must saturate his daily life in truthful speech, virtuous acts and holy thoughts. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

God alone is real, and all else is illusion. ~ Meher Baba

However great an intellectual may be, however great one may be as a scholar or a man of learning, one has also to acquire humanness. Without humanness, scholarship and intellectual eminence are of no value. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

I have come not to teach but to awaken. ~ Meher Baba

Joy needs no object; it is our own nature. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

True knowledge is that which establishes harmony and synthesis between ience on the one hand and spirituality and ethics on the other. ~ Sai Baba

This world is very good as if we do good deeds then we will get its fruits. World is bitter for those who are live their life with corruption or sins. ~ Rahman Baba

Whoever aspires to win the grace of God should cultivate at the outset the quality of Kshama (Forgiveness). ~ Sathya Sai Baba

In the spiritual life it is not necessary to have a complete map of the path in order to begin traveling. On the contrary, having such complete knowledge may actually hinder rather than help the onward march. The deeper secrets of spiritual life are unraveled to those who take risks and who make bold experiments with it. They are not meant for the idler who seeks guarantees at every step. Those who speculate from the shore about the ocean shall know only its surface, but those who would know the depths of the ocean must be willing to plunge into it. ~ Meher Baba

What do you envy?"
Liam gestured around the Airstream. "All this. You travel around the country , no roots, no ties, having all sorts of adventures and meeting new people. It must be nice not to constantly have folks tugging at you, expecting you to solve all their problems for them, knowing everything about you down to whether you wear boxers or briefs."
Baba raised an eyebrow, and he flushed a little.
"Briefs. But that's not my point. ~ Deborah Blake

Baba always used to say that as we age, things change, we become more rigid, and then eventually, most of us, become forgiving again. He called it the cycle of life. ~ Yasmine El Rashidi

Baba Yaga: " ... What are his powers"
Mirror on the wall: "He reads ~ Bill Willingham

With liberalisation, Indian industry gained international exposure because of which it became imperative for companies to rework their strategies to become globally competitive. ~ Baba Kalyani

It might be a wild-goose chase."
"I am quite fond of geese, myself," Mikhail said. ~ Deborah Blake

His Consciousness

To Glorious Wisdom of Love
To the Profound Heart Sound
To Great Awareness of the enlightened few
To Limitless Space of Compassion
To Alertness of Bliss and Emptiness

To the Mind riding on the wind of Light
To Amitaba and Amideva
To Milarepa and Baba Ji
To you my Father and Mother
Whose Merge brought me here
To experience
The Diamond Being
Within the Primordial Consciousness
of One ~ Natasa Nuit Pantovic

The cultivation of Human Values alone is Education. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

If we want to eliminate bad qualities like hatred, envy, pride and ostentation, we have to employ Sathya, Dharma, Santhi and Prema and Ahimsa as the cleaning instruments. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Virtue is the fragrance of the flowers which the tree of life puts forth. Educated people must be identified in society by their strict adherence to virtue, not by more skilled methods of escaping the consequences of vice. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

The finding of God is the coming to one's own self. ~ Meher Baba

When the magnet does not attract the needle, the fault lies in the dirt that covers up the needle. ~ Sai Baba

Let us grow together, enjoy together ... ~ Sathya Sai Baba

The year 2013 has been very difficult, with a lot of headwinds in almost every region and every business. ~ Baba Kalyani

Holy crap!" he said. "That's a big dog." "Yes," said Baba. "But a small dragon. ~ Deborah Blake

Anya had never seen a house uglier house than Baba Yaga's. It was made entirely of mouldy bones in the same interlocking design as a log cabin. A thorny garden grew as high as the fence and skulls, bleached white by the sun, capped each fence post. Two enormous scaly chicken legs came out on either side of the house. Anya snorted in amusement and disgust. Yvan, she noticed, had turned an interesting shade of grey. ~ Amy Kuivalainen

I get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the waters to the several rivers.
Advaita Philosophy ~ Sai Baba

What is politics but fraud? Whatever your own, honest, candid opinion might be, you have to act according to the creed of the party, [at times] against the voice of your conscience, and thus be dependent upon others for your actions, which is quite opposed to the fundamental principles of Truth. ~ Meher Baba

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

Service is God. Why has God endowed man with a body, a mind and an intellect ? Feel with the mind, plan with the intelligence and use the body to serve those who are in need of service. Offer that act of service to God; worship home with that Flower. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

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. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

The easiest and shortest way to God -realization is through the contact of a Sadguru , which means keeping the company or sahavas of such a Master, obeying him and serving him. This remedy is like a special express train which carries you straight to your destination. ~ Meher Baba

Science without discrimination Human existence without discipline Friendship without gratitude Music without melody A society without morality and justice Cannot be of benefit to the people. ~ Sai Baba

Don't be disgusting.
Don't dare me. I majored in disgusting at Gulag Community College. Lucrezia Borgia taught cooking, and Madame Defarge taught knitting. Emperor Nero taught violin and also led the cheerleading squad. I skipped all my classes and failed with distinction. ~ Gregory Maguire

War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace. - Baba ~ Khaled Hosseini

Desire is a bonfire that burns with greater fury, asking for more fuel ... ~ Sathya Sai Baba

The fear and anxiety that infect humanity today are the results of this degradation of values, this ignorance of what is of significance and what is not, this want of faith in what the elders and sages have handed down as the wisdom of ages. People prefer what is pleasing to what is beneficial. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Only that which is got by hard effort will yield lasting benefit. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

As soon as a person starts thinking, 'I want to be a better person,' that is the start of Yoga. ~ Baba Hari Dass

About the New Life Meher Baba wrote:
This New Life is endless, and even after my physical death it will be kept alive by those who live the life of complete renunciation of falsehood, lies, hatred, anger, greed and lust; and who, to accomplish all this, do no lustful actions, do no harm to anyone, do no backbiting, do not seek material possessions or power, who accept no homage, neither covet honor nor shun disgrace, and fear no one and nothing; by those who rely wholly and solely on God, and who love God purely for the sake of loving; who believe in the lovers of God and in the reality of Manifestation, and yet do not expect any spiritual or material reward; who do not let go the hand of Truth, and who, without being upset by calamities, bravely and wholeheartedly face all hardships with one hundred percent cheerfulness, and give no importance to caste, creed and religious ceremonies. This New Life will live by itself eternally, even if there is no one to live it. ~ Meher Baba

God will certainly be pleased if you give water for the thirsty, bread for the hungry and clothes to the naked. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Earn by your efficiency and enthusiasm, The right to play higher and higher roles ,That is the meaning and purpose of life. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

As a matter of fact, there is no trace of ill-health in Me. I am always healthy. Not only today, till 96 years I will be like this. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Develop a sense of the brotherhood of man. Look upon each person as your own brother. There is only one caste, the caste of humanity. All of us belong to the human race, so everyone is equal. Therefore, love each one equally. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Love is the strongest medicine. ~ Neem Karoli Baba

Without God, life is like a school without a teacher. It is a wire with no current passing through it; it is a body with no soul. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

The Avatar appears to be human and we are misled into thinking of him in these terms but the Avatar himself warns us against this error. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Even if she hadn't slaughtered Baba Yellowlegs, Manon would have killed her just for that spell she'd used to freeze her feet. Etching some foul spell with the man's blood.
And now she was going to die.
Wind-Cleaver pressed against the queen's blade. But Aelin held her ground and hissed, I'm going to rip you to shreds. ~ Sarah J. Maas

Whatever may be the experience in everyday life, the basci inner Truth should not be forgotten. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

Love is the reflection of God's unity in the world of duality. It constitutes the entire significance of creation. ~ Meher Baba

God has no forms, no limbs, no qualities, no preferences, no prejudices. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song. ~ Sai Baba

So long as man is capable of Prema, Dharma will exist, do not doubt it. When that Prema is fixed on the Lord, your mental make-up will slowly and steadily undergo a revolutionary change; then, man will share in the sorrows and joys of his fellow-beings; thereafter he contacts the very source of the Bliss that is beyond the temporary gains and losses of this world. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

One Must Choose Among Both Parties Either To Be A Wise Man That Die To Live In Righteousness And Blissfulness For Eternity Or Be A Foolish Man That Lives To Die For Vanity. ~ Baba Tunde Ojo-Olubiyo

We humans may not be powerful or magical," Baba added, holding me close. "But the stories we pass on to our children can be. ~ Sayantani DasGupta

It is only by means of purity of mind can you come close to the Lord. ~ Sathya Sai Baba

It is very difficult to know exactly what good should come out of a particular situation. To attempt to manipulate circumstances so your idea of good can come about, is to let the ego play God-and that, as you know, can and does backfire. ~ Neem Karoli Baba