Guru Nanak Quotes
The founder of the religion of Sikhism and the first of ten Sikh Gurus.
(1469 - 1539)
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Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.
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Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die.
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Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.
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From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.
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God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.
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I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.
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I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?
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I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.
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Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.
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Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone.
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One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
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Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.
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Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.
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That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth.
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The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.
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Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.
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Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.
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Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.
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Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it.
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