What is the best quote of Sai Baba?

What is the best quote of Sai Baba

What is the best quote of Sai Baba? Shirdi Sai Baba Quotes On God, Religion, Success and Life

Shirdi Sai Baba or Sai Baba or Shri Sai, was an Indian spiritual leader who is regarded as a saint, a fakir, a satguru and an embodiment (avatar) of God. We have carefully compiled these Shirdi Sai Baba quotes that will inspire you in life no matter where you are.

Find here List of Best Shirdi Sai Baba Quotes For Motivation and Positivity in Life

  1. Why fear when I am here?
  2. I am formless and everywhere
  3. I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space.
  4. All that you see taken together is Myself.
  5. I do not shake or move.
  6. If one devotes their entire time to me and rests in me, need fear nothing for body and soul.
  7. If one sees me and me alone and listens to my Leelas and is devoted to me alone, they will reach God.
  8. My business is to give blessings.
  9. “God is one – Sabka Maaalik ek” – Sai Baba
  10. “I am formless and everywhere. I am in everything and beyond. I fill all space.” – Sai Baba
  11. “Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.” – Sai Baba
  12. “Mukti is impossible for those addicted to lust.” Sai Baba
  13. “Death and life are the manifestations of God’s activity. You cannot separate the two. God permeates all.” – Sai Baba
  14. “Why fear when I am here?” – Sai Baba
  15. “Look to me and I will look to you.” – Sai Baba
  16. “All that you see taken together is Myself. I do not shake or move.” – Sai Baba
  17. Do not be idle: work, utter God’s name and read the scriptures.” – Sai Baba
  18. “My devotees see everything as their Guru.” – Sai Baba
  19. “Other people’s acts will affect just them. It is only your own deeds that will affect you.” – Sai Baba
  20. “Be contented and cheerful with what comes.” – Sai Baba
  21. “If we see all actions as God’s doing, we will be unattached and free from karmic bondage.” – Sai Baba
  22. “What God gives is never exhausted, what man gives never lasts.” – Sai Baba
  23. “If you make me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will gain the supreme goal. Trust in the Guru fully. That is the only sadhana. I am the slave of my devotee.” – Sai Baba Quotes
  24. “Unless there is some relationship or connection, nobody goes anywhere. if any men or creatures come to you, do not discourteously drive them away, but receive them well and treat them, with due respect. shri hari (god) will be certainly pleased, if you give water to the thirsty, bread to the hungry, clothes to the naked, and your verandah (courtyard) to strangers for sitting and resting.” – Sai Baba
  25. “My business is to give blessings. I get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the waters to the several rivers? I will take you to the end. Surrender completely to God.” – Sai Baba Best Quotes
  26. “Stay by me and keep quiet. I will do the rest. What is our duty? To behave properly. That is enough. My eye is ever on those who love me.” – Sai Baba
  27. “If one devotes their entire time to me and rests in me, need fear nothing for body and soul. If one sees me and me alone and listens to my Leelas and is devoted to me alone, they will reach God.”- Sai Baba Quotes on God
  28. “Whatever you do, wherever you may be, always bear this in mind: I am always aware of everything you do. I will not allow my devotees to come to harm.” – Sai Baba
  29. “Spend money in charity; be generous and munificent but not extravagant.” – Sai Baba Quotes on Kindness
  30. “Those who think that Baba is only in Shirdi have totally failed to know me. Without my grace, not even a leaf can move.” – Sai Baba God Quotes
  31. “If a devotee is about to fall, I stretch out my hands to support him or her. I think of my people day and night. I say their names over and over. My treasury is open but no one brings carts to take from it. I say, “Dig!” but no one bothers. My people do not come to me of their own accord; it is I who seek and bring them to me. All that is seen is my form: ant, fly, prince, and pauper However distant my people may be, I draw them to me just as we pull a bird to us with a string tied to its foot.” – Sai Baba
  32. “Do not try to get mantra or upadesh from anybody. Make me the sole object of your thoughts and actions; and you will, no doubt, attain paramartha (the spiritual goal of life). Look at me whole-heartedly, and I in turn look at you similarly. Sitting in this masjid, I speak the truth, nothing but the truth. No sadhanas, nor proficiency in the six shastras, are necessary. Have faith and confidence in your Guru. Believe fully, that guru is the sole actor or doer. Blessed is he who knows the greatness of his guru and thinks him to be hari, hara and brahma (trimurti) incarnate.” – Quotes by Sai Baba
  33. “Do not kick against the pricks of life. Whatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration.” – Sai Baba
  34. “I love devotion. This body is just my house. My guru has long ago taken me away from it.”“I look on all with an equal eye. I cannot do anything without God’s permission.” – Sai Baba
  35. “God has agents everywhere and their powers are vast. I have to take care of my children day and night and give an account to God of every paisa.” – Best Sai Baba on God
  36. “Get on with your worldly activities cheerfully, but do not forget God.” – Divine thoughts by Sai Baba
  37. “The four sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just has complete trust in your guru: it is enough.” – Sai Baba
  38. “For seeing brahman (realising the self) one has to give five things, (i.e. surrender five things) (1) five pranas (vital forces), (2) five senses (five of action and five of perception), (3) mind, (4) intellect and (5) ego. this path of brahma-jnana of self-realisation is ‘as hard as to tread on the edge of a razor.” – Sai
  39. “Though I have become a fakir, have no house or wife, and though leaving off all cares, I have stayed at one place, the inevitable maya teases me often. though I forgot myself I cannot forget her. She always envelops me. This maya (illusive power) of the lord (shri hari) teases god brahma and others; then what to speak of a poor fakir like me? Those who take refuge in the lord will be freed from her clutches with his grace” – Sai
  40. “Do not bark at people and don’t be aggressive, but put up with others’ complaints.” – Sai Quotes on humanity
  41. “Give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Then God will be pleased. Saburi (patience) ferries you across to the distant goal.” – Sai
  42. “Do not be obsessed by the importance of wealth. See the divine in the human being.” – Sai
  43. “There is a wall of separation between oneself and others and between you and me. Destroy this wall!” – Sai
  44. “If anyone offends you do not return tit for tat.” – Sai Quotes on Hatred
  45. “God is not so far away. He is not in the heavens above, nor in hell below. He is always near you.” – Sai
  46. “Meditate on me either with form or without form, that is pure bliss.” – Sai Quotes on meditation
  47. “Meditate always on my formless nature, which is knowledge incarnate, consciousness and bliss. if you cannot do this, meditate on my form from top to toe as you see here night and day. as you go on doing this, your vrittis will concentrate on one point and the distinction between the dhyata (meditator), dhyana (act of meditation), dhyeya (this meditated upon) will be lost and the meditator will be one with the consciousness and be merged in the brahman.” – Sai
  48. “The (mother) tortoise is on one bank of the river, and her young ones are on the other side. she gives neither milk, nor warmth to them. her mere glance gives them nutrition. the young ones do nothing, but remember (meditate upon) their mother. the tortoise glance is, to the young ones, a down-pour of nectar, the only source of sustenance and happiness. Similar is the relation, between the guru and disciples.” – Sai
  49. “The wise are cheerful and content with their lot in life.” – Sai Baba
  50. “If anyone gets angry with another, they wound me to the quick. If you cannot endure abuse from another, just say a simple word or two, or else leave. What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.” – Sai Baba
  51. “If formless meditation is difficult, then think of my form just as you see it here. With such meditation, the difference between subject and object is lost and the mind dissolves in unity.” – Sai Baba
  52. “That should be our desire and determination. I stay by the side of whoever repeats my name.” – Sai Baba
  53. “Whoever makes me the sole object of their love, merges in me like a river in the ocean.” – Sai Baba
  54. “Put full faith in God’s providence.” – Sai Baba Quotes on God
  55. “If you avoid rivalry and dispute, God will protect you.” – Sai Baba
  56. “God lives in all beings and creatures, whether they be serpents or scorpions. he is the great wirepuller of the world, and all beings, serpents, scorpions etc. obey his command. unless he will it, nobody can do any harm to others. the world is all dependent on him, and no one is independent. so we should take pity and love all creatures, leave off adventurous fights and killings and be patient. the lord (god) is the protector of all.” – Sai Baba
  57. “I am the slave of those who hunger and thirst after me and treat everything else as unimportant.” – Sai Baba
  58. Do not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action: everything is due to God.” – Sai Baba
  59. “Distinguish right from wrong and be honest, upright and virtuous.” – Sai Baba
  60. “Poverty is the highest of riches and a thousand times superior to a king’s wealth.”- Sai Baba
  61. “I give my devotees whatever they ask, until they ask for what I want to give.” – Sai
  62. “Meditate on what you read and think of God.” – Sai Quotes on meditation
  63. “No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly.” – Shirdi Sai Baba
  64. “Do not fight with anyone, nor retaliate, nor slander anyone.” – Sai Baba
  65. “Harsh words cannot pierce your body. If anybody speaks ill of you, just continue on unperturbed.” – Sai
  66. “Choose friends who will stick to you till the end, through thick and thin.” – Sai
  67. “Speak the truth and truth alone.” – Sai
  68. “People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. Why then come to Shirdi and slander people?” – Sai
  69. “You should not stay for even one second at a place where people are speaking disrespectfully of a saint.” – Sai
  70. “No harm shall befall him, who steps on the soil of Shirdi. He who comes to my samadhi, his sorrow and suffering shall cease. though i be no more in flesh and blood, i shall ever protect my devotees. trust in me and your prayer shall be answered. Know that my spirit is immortal, know this for yourself. Show unto me him who has sought refuge and has been turned away. In whatever faith men worship me, even so do i render to them. Not in vain is my promise that i shall ever lighten your burden. Knock, and the door shall open, ask and it shall be granted. To him who surrenders unto me totally i shall be ever indebted. Blessed is he who has become one with me.” – Sai
  71. “To God be the praise. I am only the slave of God.” – Sai
  72. “Satsang that is associating with the good is good. Dussaya, or associating with evil-minded people, is evil and must be avoided.” – Sai
  73. “What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.” – Sai Quotes
  74. “If you do not want to part with what you have, do not lie and claim that you have nothing, but decline politely saying that circumstances or your own desires prevent you.”- Sai
  75. “Recognise the existence of the Moral Law as governing results. Then unswervingly follow this Law.” – Sai
  76. “All gods are one. There is no difference between a Hindu and a Muslim. Mosque and temple are the same.” – Sai
  77. “Wealth is really a means to work out dharma. If one uses it merely for personal enjoyment, it is vainly spent.” – Sai Baba
  78. “The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later: the gift of a rich harvest.” – Sai Baba
  79. “When you see with your inner eye. Then you realize that you are God and not different from him.” – Sai Baba
  80. “Let us be humble.” – Shirdi Sai Baba
  81. “Have faith and patience. Then I will be always with you wherever you are.” – Sai
  82. “Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.” – Sai
  83. “God will show his love. He is kind to all.” – Sai
  84. “The Moral Law is inexorable, so follow it, observe it, and you will reach your goal: God is the perfection of the Moral Law.” – Sai Baba
  85. “I am your servants’ servant.” – Sai Baba
  86. “Love one another and help others to rise to the higher levels, simply by pouring out love. Love is infectious and the greatest healing energy.” – Sai Baba
  87. “Always think of God and you will see what He does.” – Sai Baba
  88. “Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.”- Sai Baba
  89. “One’s sin will not cease till one falls at the feet of Sadhusò.” – Sai
  90. “He, who attain the supreme goal of life, is immortal and happy; all others merely exist.” – Sai
  91. “If you spread your palms with devotion before me, i am immediately with you, day and night. though, i am here bodily, still I know what you do; beyond the seven seas. go wherever you will, over the wide world, i am with you.” – Sai
  92. “My abode is in your heart and i am within you. always worship me, who is seated in your heart, as well as, in the hearts of all beings, blessed and fortunate, indeed, is he who knows me thus.” – Sai
  93. “To get the knowledge (realization) of the self, dhyana (meditation) is necessary. if you practice it continuously, the vrittis (thoughts) will be pacified. being quite desireless, you should meditate on the lord, who is in all the creatures, and when the mind is concentrated, the goal will be achieved.” – Sai
  94. “There is only one caste, the caste of humanity. There is only one religion, the religion of love. There is only one language, the language of the heart.” – Sai Baba
  95. “Before you speak, ask yourself: Is it kind? Is it necessary? Is it true? Does it improve the silence?” – Sai Baba
  96. “Love all. Serve all. Help ever. Hurt never.” – Sai Baba
  97. “You are not one person, but three: The one you think you are; The one others think you are; The one you really are.” – Sai Baba
  98. “The life ahead can only be glorious if you learn to live in total harmony with the Lord.” – Sai Baba
  99. “Look out into the universe and contemplate the glory of God. Observe the stars, millions of them, twinkling in the night sky, all with a message of unity, part of the very nature of God.” – Sai Baba
  100. “Anger, ego, jealousy are the biggest diseases. Keep yourself aloof from these three diseases.” – Sai Baba
  101. “Only that which is got by hard effort will yield lasting benefit.” – Sai Baba
  102. “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.” – Sai Baba Quotes on Education
  103. “Life is a mosaic of pleasure and pain – grief is an interval between two moments of joy.” – Sai Baba
  104. “Love is selflessness. Self is lovelessness.” – Sai Baba
  105. “Some say knowledge is power, but that is not true. Character is power.” – Sai Baba
  106. “The grace of God is like insurance. It will help you in your time of need without any limit.” – Sai Baba God Quotes
  107. “Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.” – Sai Baba
  108. “Love is a bridge over the sea of change. Do not build a house on it.” – Sai Baba Quotes on Love
  109. “A man who has no love in him is as barren as a cloud with no moisture, a tree with no fruits or a cow yielding no milk; he is ever far from God and can never earn His grace.” – Sai Baba
  110. “You do not have to practice all that you read. Take one or two things to practice and then it will become a reality to you.” – Sai Baba
  111. “What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of the moment that create your future. The outline of your future path already exists, for you created its pattern by your past.” – Sai Baba
  112. “Man learns through experience, and the spiritual path is full of different kinds of experiences. He will encounter many difficulties and obstacles, and they are the very experiences he needs to encourage and complete the cleansing process.” – Sai Baba
  113. “Let all beings in all the worlds be happy. Include this universal prayer in your prayers every day. This is my birthday message to you.” – Sai Baba
  114. “Be simple and sincere.” – Sai Baba
  115. “True devotion must not get dispirited; nor elated or satisfied with lesser gains; it must fight against failure, loss, calumny, calamity, ridicule and against egoism and pride, impatience and cowardice.” – Sai Baba
  116. As worldly thoughts diminish, thoughts of God increase. Normally, the mind is all the time desiring these worldly things. As the desires are cut out one by one, the peace becomes stronger.” – Sai Baba
  117. “Learn to speak what you feel, and act what you speak.”- Sai Baba
  118. “Do not use poisonous words against anyone, for words wound more fatally than even arrows.” – Sai Baba
  119. “Look at the world with the vision of peace, love, and compassion. Then the whole world will appear loving and peaceful.” – Sai Baba
  120. “Do not get attached to worldly things and pursuits. Be in the world, but do not let the world be in you.”- Sai Baba
  121. “My eye is ever on those who love me.” – Sai Baba
  122. “What is new in the world? Nothing. What is old in the world? Nothing. Everything has always been and will always be.” – Sai Baba
  123. “Life is a challenge – meet it.” – Sai Baba Quotes on Life
  124. “The secret of perfect health lies in keeping the mind always cheerful – never worried, never hurried, never borne down by any fear, thought or anxiety.”- Sai Baba
  125. “If you honor your mother, the mother of the universe will guard you against harm.” – Sai Baba
  126. I get angry with none. Will a mother get angry with her children? Will the ocean send back the waters to the several rivers?
  127. I will take you to the end.
  128. Surrender completely to God.
  129. If you make me the sole object of your thoughts and aims, you will gain the supreme goal.
  130. Trust in the Guru fully. That is the only sadhana.
  131. I am the slave of my devotee.
  132. Stay by me and keep quiet. I will do the rest.
  133. What is our duty? To behave properly. That is enough.
  134. My eye is ever on those who love me.
  135. Whatever you do, wherever you may be, always bear this in mind: I am always aware of everything you do.
  136. I will not allow my devotees to come to harm.
  137. If a devotee is about to fall, I stretch out my hands to support him or her.
  138. I think of my people day and night. I say their names over and over.
  139. My treasury is open but no one brings carts to take from it. I say, “Dig!” but no one bothers.
  140. My people do not come to me of their own accord; it is I who seek and bring them to me.
  141. All that is seen is my form: ant, fly, prince, and pauper
  142. However distant my people may be, I draw them to me just as we pull a bird to us with a string tied to its foot.
  143. I love devotion.
  144. This body is just my house. My guru has long ago taken me away from it.
  145. Those who think that Baba is only in Shirdi have totally failed to know me.
  146. Without my grace, not even a leaf can move.
  147. I look on all with an equal eye.
  148. I cannot do anything without God’s permission.
  149. God has agents everywhere and their powers are vast.
  150. I have to take care of my children day and night and giv an account to God of every paisa.
  151. The wise are cheerful and content with their lot in life.
  152. If you are wealthy, be humble. Plants bend when they bear fruit.
  153. Spend money in charity; be generous and munificent but not extravagant.
  154. Get on with your worldly activities cheerfully, but do not forget God.
  155. Do not kick against the pricks of life.
  156. Whatever creature comes to you, human or otherwise, treat it with consideration.
  157. Do not be obsessed by the importance of wealth.
  158. See the divine in the human being.
  159. Do not bark at people and don’t be aggressive, but put up with others’ complaints.
  160. There is a wall of separation between oneself and others and between you and me. Destroy this wall!
  161. Give food to the hungry, water to the thirsty, and clothes to the naked. Then God will be pleased.
  162. Saburi (patience) ferries you across to the distant goal.
  163. The four sadhanas and the six Sastras are not necessary. Just has complete trust in your guru: it is enough.
  164. Meditate on me either with form or without form, that is pure bliss.
  165. God is not so far away. He is not in the heavens above, nor in hell below. He is always near you.
  166. If anyone gets angry with another, they wound me to the quick.
  167. If you cannot endure abuse from another, just say a simple word or two, or else leave.
  168. What do we lose by another’s good fortune? Let us celebrate with them, or strive to emulate them.
  169. That should be our desire and determination.
  170. I stay by the side of whoever repeats my name.
  171. If formless meditation is difficult, then think of my form just as you see it here. With such meditation, the difference between subject and object is lost and the mind dissolves in unity.
  172. If anyone offends you do not return tit for tat.
  173. I am the slave of those who hunger and thirst after me and treat everything else as unimportant.
  174. Whoever makes me the sole object of their love, merges in me like a river in the ocean.
  175. Look to me and I will look to you.
  176. What God gives is never exhausted, what man gives never lasts.
  177. Be contented and cheerful with what comes.
  178. My devotees see everything as their Guru.
  179. Poverty is the highest of riches and a thousand times superior to a king’s wealth.
  180. Put full faith in God’s providence.
  181. Whoever withdraws their heart from wife, child, and parents and loves me, is my real lover.
  182. Distinguish right from wrong and be honest, upright and virtuous.
  183. Do not be obsessed by egotism, imagining that you are the cause of action: everything is due to God.
  184. If we see all actions as God’s doing, we will be unattached and free from karmic bondage.
  185. Other people’s acts will affect just them. It is only your own deeds that will affect you.
  186. Do not be idle: work, utter God’s name and read the scriptures.
  187. If you avoid rivalry and dispute, God will protect you.
  188. People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth. Why then come to Shirdi and slander people?
  189. Speak the truth and truth alone.
  190. No one wants to take from me what I give abundantly.
  191. Do not fight with anyone, nor retaliate, nor slander anyone.
  192. Harsh words cannot pierce your body. If anybody speaks ill of you, just continue on unperturbed.
  193. Choose friends who will stick to you till the end, through thick and thin.
  194. Meditate on what you read and think of God.
  195. I give my devotees whatever they ask, until they ask for what I want to give.
  196. You should not stay for even one second at a place where people are speaking disrespectfully of a saint.
  197. If you do not want to part with what you have, do not lie and claim that you have nothing, but decline politely saying that circumstances or your own desires prevent you.
  198. Let us be humble.
  199. Satsang that is associating with the good is good. Dussaya, or associating with evil-minded people, is evil and must be avoided.
  200. What you sow, you reap. What you give, you get.
  201. Recognize the existence of the Moral Law as governing results. Then unswervingly follow this Law.
  202. All gods are one. There is no difference between a Hindu and a Muslim. Mosque and temple are the same.
  203. Fulfill any promises you have made.
  204. Death and life are the manifestations of God’s activity. You cannot separate the two. God permeates all.
  205. Mukti is impossible for those addicted to lust.
  206. Gain and loss, birth and death are in the hands of God.
  207. When you see with your inner eye. Then you realize that you are God and not different from Him.
  208. Avoid unnecessary disputationò
  209. The giver gives, but really he is sowing the seed for later: the gift of a rich harvest.
  210. Wealth is really a means to work out dharma. If one uses it merely for personal enjoyment, it is vainly spent.
  211. To God be the praise. I am only the slave of God.
  212. God will show His love. He is kind to all.
  213. Whenever you undertake to do something, do it thoroughly or not at all.
  214. One’s sin will not cease till one falls at the feet of Sadhusò
  215. Be ashamed of your hatred. Give up hatred and be quiet.
  216. The Moral Law is inexorable, so follow it, observe it, and you will reach your goal: God is the perfection of the Moral Law.
  217. I am your servants’ servant.
  218. Always think of God and you will see what He does.
  219. Have faith and patience. Then I will be always with you wherever you are.