“The greatest disease (or absence of ease) is the absence of santhi (peace); when the mind gets peace, the body also will have health. So, everyone who craves for good health must pay attention to the emotions, feelings and motives that animate the individual. Just as you give clothes for a wash, you have to wash the mind free from dirt again and again; otherwise, if dirt accumulates and you form a “habit,” it is difficult for the dhobi (washer-man) as well as harmful for the clothes. It should be a daily process; you should see that no dirt settles upon your mind; that is to say, you should move about in such company that dirt is avoided. Falsehood, injustice, indiscipline, cruelty, hate—these form the dirt; Sathya, Dharma, Santhi, Prema (Truth, Righteousness, Peace, Love)—these are the clean elements. If you inhale the pure air of these latter, your mind will be free from evil bacilli and you will be mentally sturdy and physically strong.”

... Sathya Sai Baba, “The Best Tonic” Discourse 21 September 1960 http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume01/sss01-28.pdf

“The rarest phenomenon in this Universe is to be a contemporary of the Living Avatar… And Swami went on to say that even rarer than living with the Avatar is to know the Living Avatar… And even rarer than knowing the Avatar is to love the Lord in human form and even rarer and probably the rarest of everything in this Universe is to get a chance to serve The Lord.”

... Sathya Sai Baba, Conversations with Students in Kodaikanal http://www.theprasanthireporter.org/2013/07/follow-his-footprints/