What I want from my Lovers is real unadulterated love, and from my genuine workers I expect real work done.
He whom I love most will always be a wreck financially, as thereby he automatically gets clean. He gets so clean that, with my nazar [glance], his ego goes and Baba comes!
One has to go beyond the mind to experience the spiritual bliss of desirelessness.
Even the love which expresses through physical desire is good to the extent that it frees one from the thralldom of personal likes and dislikes and makes one want to serve the beloved above all other things.
Only God is real, and everything else is a mere motion picture!
No amount of prayer or meditation can do what helping others can do.
One of the Westerners asked: “How do you know who you are — that you are the Source of all?” Baba replied: “I knew it before everything. I came from my own Self. One cannot know Existence until one exists in that Existence
In order to appreciate truth, approach it through itself, without any game of hide and seek.
Love God and find him within – the only treasure worth finding.
Nowadays even lust is taken for love. The subtle difference is missed. There is a very subtle difference between love and lust, but it is quite clear. They are two different things. You love rice and curry; this is lust. You love a cigar; lust again. You love curry and eat it, but do not give anything by the act. You finish the beloved!
The universe is the outcome of imagination. Then why try to acquire knowledge of the imaginative universe instead of plumbing the depths of your real Self?
My work is different. It is not my work to travel continuously and hold darshan programs simply to allow people to bow down at my feet. It is not my work to give long discourses, to perform miracles, or to attract crowds to me. I do not come for this. I come for all; I come to awaken all!
In the world, there are countless Sadhus, Mahatmas, Mahapurushas, Saints, Yogis, and Walis, though the number of genuine ones is very, very limited. I am neither a Mahatma nor a Mahapurush, neither a Sadhu nor a Saint, neither a Yogi nor a Wali. I am the ancient One. The Highest of the High!
Anything beyond your capacity will necessarily change your capacity, because so long as everything is within your limits, you don’t know what is beyond them. And everything concerning God and God-realisation is beyond limit. So in this way great suffering and being plagued with terrible problems are beneficial.
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.
Divine desperateness is the beginning of spiritual awakening because it gives rise to the aspiration for God-realisation.
Kabir has said: …’The lines of fate are never erased by Rama; He is All-powerful and can undo destiny, but He never does so, for He has given full thought to what He has planned.’ … The Avataric whim is also part of the divine Destiny [qaza]. Qaza provides for the absolute necessity of the Avatar’s ‘chance’ intervention, and the very unpredictability of this intervention is predicted in Qaza — for His infinite compassion, because of which His intervention occurs, may not be denied.
Remain in a good mood and be cheerful, despite your reeling brain.
In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.
As the rest of the world is walking out the door, your best friends are the ones walking in.
It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
Myths which are believed in tend to become true.
If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.
What matters is the value we’ve created in our lives, the people we’ve made happy and how much we’ve grown as people.
Be here now. Be someplace else later. Is that so complicated?
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
Ignorance never settle a question.
The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also.
Well begun is half done.
What you fear is that which requires action to overcome.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.
If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.
He who deliberates fully before taking a step will spend his entire life on one leg.
At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
A rolling stone gathers no moss.
The Creator has not given you a longing to do that which you have no ability to do.
Arriving at one point is the starting point to another.
The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.
It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
Everyone smiles in the same language.
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
When deeds and words are in accord, the whole world is transformed.
There are no failures. Just experiences and your reactions to them.
The highest stage in moral ure at which we can arrive is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.
If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound ourselves.
I’m not afraid of storms, for Im learning how to sail my ship.
There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.
The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure.
Once you choose hope, anythings possible.
Meaning is not what you start with but what you end up with.
Men in general judge more from appearances than from reality. All men have eyes, but few have the gift of penetration.
Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value.
Once you choose hope, anythings possible.
If you don’t design your own life plan, chances are you’ll fall into someone else’s plan. And guess what they have planned for you? Not much.
Blessed is the person who is too busy to worry in the daytime, and too sleepy to worry at night.
Action may not always bring happiness, but there is no happiness without action.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win.
To be upset over what you don’t have is to waste what you do have.
If you wish to be a writer, write.
The cause is hidden. The effect is visible to all.
When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.
Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
Let the beauty of what you love be what you do.
These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.
Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns; I am thankful that thorns have roses.
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.
Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth it?
The only real valuable thing is intuition.
No garden is without its weeds.
Compassion and happiness are not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength.
If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.
The heart has eyes which the brain knows nothing of.
More often than not, anger is actually an indication of weakness rather than of strength.
I know but one freedom and that is the freedom of the mind.
The years teach much which the days never know.
There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness.
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.
You teach best what you most need to learn.
Do not expect the world to look bright, if you habitually wear gray-brown glasses.
Face your deficiencies and acknowledge them; but do not let them master you. Let them teach you patience, sweetness, insight.
Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.
I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
My mama always said: life’s like a box of chocolate you never know what you gonna get.
Without this playing with fantasy no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of the imagination is incalculable.
No yesterdays are ever wasted for those who give themselves to today.
Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Sometimes our fate resembles a fruit tree in winter. Who would think that those branches would turn green again and blossom, but we hope it, we know it.
You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
Transformation doesn’t take place with a vacuum; instead, it occurs when we are indirectly and directly connected to all those around us.
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination.
The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.
You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.