Controversial Sayings
1,571 sayings found from the Early Modern era
There will be massacres in the name of revenge. There will be massacres to gain twenty-four hours in order to have time to escape. Everyone is armed. Things will be in a deplorable state, and crime and murder will enter into people's houses and no ci…
The King has done everything to avoid civil war, and he is still very much convinced that civil war cannot correct anything, and that it shall, in the end, destroy everything.
I have not come here for such reasons. I have come to take away their gold.
Do not take it as an insult that you have been defeated and taken prisoner… I have conquered greater kingdoms than yours, and have defeated other more powerful lords than you, imposing upon them the dominion of the Emperor, whose vassal I am, and who…
There is no Hindu and no Musalman.
Religion consists not in words; He who looks on all men as equal is religious.
By the grace of the Guru, one obtains the treasure of the True Name.
He who practices truth, contentment, and kindness, and who is free from ego, he is truly a Brahmin.
One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
The greatest wealth is to be without desires.
Those who have loved, have found God.
Why call her bad from whom are born kings?
He who is born, is bound to die. The only thing certain is death. All else is illusion.
The ignorant person is blind, even though he has eyes.
What is the use of bathing at sacred shrines, if the mind is full of impurity?
Without the Guru, no one has found God.
He who considers himself humble, he alone is worthy of praise.
To call woman inferior is to condemn humanity.
There is but One God. His Name is Truth; He is the Creator, Sustainer of all, Free from fear and hate, Immortal, Unborn, Self-existent, Realized by the Guru's Grace.
The True Guru is the Giver of peace and tranquility.