Sathya Baba Quotes on Wisdom & Knowledge (25 Quotes)

What is the unmistakable mark of a wise man It is Love, Love for all humanity.

Open the gates of wisdom, tear the veil of ignorance, enter the abode of Divine Bliss. Rest in peace forever.

Merely going to the temple and offering worship offering a coconut, expecting some reward all these are a wrong way of understanding devotion.

The wise are those who know the Self.

Love as Understanding is Peace.

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.

A person might be an expert in any field of knowledge or a master of many material skills and accomplishments. But without inner cleanliness his brain is a desert waste.

The end of knowledge is LOVE. The end of education is character.

Action with love is right conduct. Speak with love and it becomes truth. Thinking with love results in peace. Understanding with love leads to non-violence. For everything love is primary. Where there is love there is no place for hatred.

Alongside of knowledge, youth has to cultivate the good qualities of humility, reverence, devotion to God and steadfast faith. He has to engage himself in good works and enjoy them for the sheer elation they confer.

You must enshrine in your hearts the spiritual urge towards light and love, Wisdom and Bliss

Seek your own Reality, That is what a wise man should do.

Let us live and move in harmony. Let us grow together. Let us cherish the wisdom that we have acquired together. Let us live in complete harmony without any misunderstanding.

In the first stage of boyhood, he is led from ignorance and 'innocence' into the world of knowledge, when he is accepted as a pupil by a Guru (Preceptor). After that, he has to serve the Guru and obey him, without feeling burdened and bound. In the second stage of youth, he has to share with society the means and measures for its progress and security he has to start earning for his livelihood and spending his income with intelligent care he has also the duty of providing examples to those younger than himself and guide them into socially useful paths. At the same time, he must follow the footsteps of elders and learn from them lessons for his own advancement.

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.

The wise are cheerful and content with their lot in life.

Practice is as important for confirming one in wisdom as reading is important for confirming one in knowledge.

Knowledge without devotion to God produces hatred.

Anger is the harvest of the bewitching mind it enslaves man and fogs his understanding.

Desire destroys devotion, anger destroys wisdom, greed destroys work - hence these bad qualities must be sacrificed. With good and sweet words, keeping desires under check and control (for ultimate removal), one should start on the path of sacrifice.

Man today is trying to master every kind of knowledge but is unable to discover his own true nature.

The fire of hatred that was burning in them was cooled and darkness gave place to the dawn of wisdom. The sky showered raindrops to soften the earth and lay down dust. How can the lament operate against the Divine Will

Old age is the fourth stage. By the time one reaches this stage of his journey, he must have discovered that the joys available in this world are trivial and fleeting. He must be equipped with the higher knowledge of spiritual joy, available through delving into the inner spring of Bliss. Through his experiences, his heart must have softened and be filled with compassion. He has to be engrossed in promoting the progress of all beings without distinction. And he must be eager to share with others the knowledge he has accumulated and the benefit of his experiences.

Skill, Knowledge must develop by balance into skill or else it degenerates into KILL.

Adore Him(GOD), placing a garland of tears around His neck washing His feet with tears, springing from joy at the contemplation of His Love That very worship will endow you with the wisdom that Sages seek and the Bliss that the Books extol