“The body is a temporary habitation, subject to all kinds of diseases and injury. Yet the same body is also the boat, which alone can carry us across the ocean of life or Samsara. The boat has to be kept trim and serviceable. It should not distract our attention more than the minimum necessary for its upkeep. It has to be used for reducing the burdens of others and should not itself become a burden on us. It should serve others and not demand service from them”.

–Sathya Sai Baba, Love All, Serve All, Help Ever, Hurt Never, book commemorating Sathya Sai Baba’s 80th Birthday, 2005

 

 

“Earn a good name in Society. Let Seva be your motto. Service is most important. It helps to promote humility and to further the Oneness of mankind. Promotion of that Oneness should become your life’s goal”.

–Sathya Sai Baba, Love All, Serve All, Help Ever, Hurt Never, book commemorating Sathya Sai Baba’s 80th Birthday, 2005