Guru Nanak Quotes

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Guru Nanak

Profession : Philosopher

Birth : April 15, 1469

Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.

Guru Nanak

There is but One God. His name is Truth; He is the Creator. He fears none; he is without hate. He never dies; He is beyond the cycle of births and death. He is self-illuminated. He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning; He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True. He is also True now.

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Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct.

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I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?

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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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I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.

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Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.

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Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth, nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant? Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian?

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If there is one God, then there is only His way to attain Him, not another. One must follow that way and reject the other. Worship not him who is born only to die, but Him who is eternal and is contained in the whole universe.

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From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

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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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There are worlds and more worlds below them, and there are a hundred thousand skies over them. No one has been able to find the limits and boundaries of God. If there be any account of God, then alone the mortal can write the same; but God's account does not finish, and the mortal himself dies while still writing.

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Riches cannot be gathered without sin and evil means.

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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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By singing the Guru's hymns, I, the minstrel spread the Lord's glory. Nanak, by praising the True Name, I have obtained the perfect Lord.

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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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Asceticism doesn't lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn't lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities.

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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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If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.

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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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