The world is a drama, staged in a dream

Speak only that which will bring you honor.

I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.

Nanak, the whole world is in distress. He, who believes in the Name, becomes victorious.

Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.

There is but one God. True is His Name, creative His personality and immortal His form. He is without fear sans enmity, unborn and self-illumined. By the Guru’s grace He is obtained.

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

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.

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.

Your Mercy is my social status.

Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth – these are not even equal to an ant, who does not forget God.

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

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...

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.

One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.

What should the yogi have to fear? Trees, plants, and all that is inside and outside, is He Himself

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

The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.

those who have loved are those that have found God

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.

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

For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind. Who feeds them, and who teaches...

Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.

That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth.

He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.

Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.

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.

I am neither male nor female, nor am I sexless. I am the Peaceful One, whose form is self-effulgent, powerful radiance.

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

Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.