Strange & Unusual Sayings
3,283 sayings found from the Early Modern era
He who has no enemies, and is without hatred, and who sees God in all beings, he is a true saint.
The one who eats what he earns through hard labor and shares it, he alone knows the path.
The one who eats what he earns through hard labor and shares it, he alone knows the path.
Burn worldly love, rub the ashes and make ink of it, make the heart the pen, the intellect the writer, write that which has no end or limit.
The body is the field, the mind is the farmer, good deeds are the seeds, and God's Name is the water. Cultivate it well, O peasant, and you shall reap salvation.
The body is the field, the mind is the farmer, good deeds are the seeds, and God's Name is the water. Cultivate it well, O peasant, and you shall reap salvation.
Let no one be proud of his caste; he who knows God is a Brahmin.
Let no one be proud of his caste; he who knows God is a Brahmin.
Through suffering, one learns to love God.
Through suffering, one learns to love God.
He who is born into a high caste but does not praise God, is like a worm in filth.
He who is born into a high caste but does not praise God, is like a worm in filth.
Keep your mind pure, like the lotus in the water, untouched by its impurities.
Keep your mind pure, like the lotus in the water, untouched by its impurities.
The world is a garden, O Nanak, and the Gardener is God.
The world is a garden, O Nanak, and the Gardener is God.
Without devotion, life is barren, like a tree without fruit.
Without devotion, life is barren, like a tree without fruit.
The Lord dwells in every heart; why search for Him outside?
The Lord dwells in every heart; why search for Him outside?