Granth Sahib Quotes on Life (49 Quotes)

At the age of ten, he is a child at twenty, a youth, and at thirty, he is called handsome. At forty, he is full of life at fifty, his foot slips, and at sixty, old age is upon him. At seventy, he loses his intellect, and at eighty, he cannot perform his duties. At ninety, he lies in his bed, and he cannot understand his weakness. After seeking and searching for such a long time, O Nanak, I have seen that the world is just a mansion of smoke.

The Companion of my breath of life shall always be with me.

The Guru has cut away my bonds. I shall not have to dance in the wrestling arena of life again. Nanak has searched, and found this opportunity.

Becoming a true Muslim, a disciple of the faith of Mohammed, let him put aside the delusion of death and life.

My breath of life is in Your Power, God my soul and body are totally Yours.

Life is useless, as long as one does not know the Lord God.

The fire of doubt is not extinguished, even by wandering through foreign lands and countries. If inner filth is not removed, one's life is cursed, and one's clothes are cursed. There is no other way to perform devotional worship, except through the Teachings of the True Guru.

Chant the Lord's Name and contemplate the Lord of the World, twenty-four hours a day. He preserves our soul, our breath of life, body and wealth. By His Grace, He protects our soul.

You may practice chanting, penance and austere self-discipline within your mind, but without the Name, life is useless.

You long for the dignity of a long life, but your eyes can no longer see anything.

Please unite me with the True Guru, my breath of life through Him, O my Lord and Master, You are known.

Those blessed with the karma of good actions praise the Lord. O Nanak, they make the Guru their spiritual teacher. In the fourth watch of the early morning hours, a longing arises in their higher consciousness. They are attuned to the river of life the True Name is in their minds and on their lips.

Night and day, they remain in the Love of the One. They know that God is always with them. They make the Name of their Lord and Master their way of life they are satisfied and fulfilled with the Blessed Vision of the Lord's Darshan.

In death and in life, worship and adore the Lord, the Support of all.

The Guru has given me the Wealth of the Lotus Feet of the Lord, and I, without shelter, have now obtained Shelter. The True Capital, and the True Way of Life, comes by chanting His Glories, twenty-four hours a day. Granting His Grace, God meets us, and we no longer die, or come or go in reincarnation.

You cherish and nurture the Saints. The Saints play with You, O Sustainer of the World. Your Saints are very dear to You. You are the breath of life of the Saints.

Win the game of life let your mind surrender and accept death.

Practice truth, contentment and kindness this is the most excellent way of life. One who is so blessed by the Formless Lord God renounces selfishness, and becomes the dust of all.

O Lord, Life of the World, please shower me with Your Mercy grant me the Sanctuary of the Guru

To love the Lotus Feet of the Lord - this way of life has come into the minds of His Saints.

The body is wild, and the mind is foolish. Practicing egotism, selfishness and conceit, your life is passing away.

My Banker is the Great Lord and Master. I am only His petty merchant. This soul and body all are His. He Himself kills, and brings back to life.

My Beloved Husband Lord is deep within my heart. How can I see Him In the Sanctuary of the Saints, O Nanak, the Support of the breath of life is found.

If someone tells him the truth, he looks upon that as poison. He cannot tell victory from defeat. This is the way of life in the world of the faithless cynic.

Through the Guru's Teachings, I merge with intuitive ease into the Lord, the Life of the World, the Fearless One, the Great Giver.

Over all the world, He is the Life of the World, O Nanak, like water mingled with water.

Tigers, hawks, falcons and eagles - the Lord could make them eat grass. And those animals which eat grass - He could make them eat meat. He could make them follow this way of life.

I have enshrined the Creator within my mind I have obtained the fruits of life's rewards. If your Husband Lord is pleasing to your mind, then your married life shall be eternal.

Life of the World, Infinite Lord and Master, Master of the Universe, All-powerful Architect of Destiny. Whichever way You turn me, O my Lord and Master, that is the way I shall go.

Not a moment or an instant's delay is permitted, when one's measure of life is full. By Guru's Grace, one comes to know the True One, and is absorbed into Him.

O Nanak, the shaven-headed ones are devils. They are not pleased to hear these words. When it rains, there is happiness. Water is the key to all life. When it rains, the corn grows, and the sugar cane, and the cotton, which provides clothing for all.

In intuitive balance, love is balanced and detached. In the state of intuitive balance, peace and tranquility are produced. Without intuitive balance, life is useless.

When the body falls, the play of life is over what shall be the condition of the evil-doers then

O my mind, serve the True One, as long as you have the breath of life. Without the True One, everything is false in the end, all shall perish.

He is the Giver of peace to the breath of life, the Giver of life to the soul how can one forget Him

Bring the twenty-seven elements of the body under your control, and throughout the three stages of life, remember death.

The empty body is dreadful, when the soul goes out from within. The burning fire of life is extinguished, and the smoke of the breath no longer emerges. The five relatives (the senses) weep and wail painfully, and waste away through the love of duality.

O Giver of peace of the soul, of life, of honor - as You ordain, I obtain peace.

All pleasures and supreme ecstasy, O my Beloved, come to those who sew the Jewel of the Lord into their minds. They do not forget, even for an instant, the Support of the breath of life. They live by constantly meditating on Him, O Nanak.

Life and death come to all who are born. Everything here gets devoured by Death. He sits and examines the accounts, there where no one goes along with anyone. Those who weep and wail might just as well all tie bundles of straw.

The Lord, the Life of the World, has come to meet me, O my Lord of the Universe. The night of my life now passes in peace.

Meditating on the Patron of lost souls, the Companion of all, your life shall not be lost in the gamble.

The day dawns, and then it ends, and the night passes away. Man's life is diminishing, but he does not understand. Each day, the mouse of death is gnawing away at the rope of life.

God is the Breath of Life of my soul, the Support of my mind. His devotees live by singing the Glorious Praises of the Infinite Lord.

The Lord is my mind, body and breath of life. I do not know any other than the Lord.

In my life, I served my Lord and Master, and as I depart, I keep Him enshrined in my consciousness.

Let sincere faith be your bowing in prayer, and let the conquest of your mind be your objective in life.

The mother thinks that her son is growing up she does not understand that, day by day, his life is diminishing.

The Divine Light of the Infinite Lord, who owns the soul and the breath of life, is deep within the inner being.