“Each and every moment should be spent in the contemplation of God. You may think, “If every moment is spent in the contemplation of God, how is it possible to do our work?” Do not distinguish between your work and God’s work. Your work is God’s work because you too are God. It is a mistake to think that all that you do in the prayer hall is God’s work and outside it is your work. You should not entertain such feelings of separateness. Consider that your heart is the altar of God and turn your vision inward. One who understands this truth and acts accordingly is a true human being.”

-Sathya Sai Baba - Divine Discourse, Ganesh Chaturthi 2000

“Service in all its forms, all the world over, is primarily spiritual discipline-mental clean-up! Without the inspiration given by that attitude, the urge is bound to ebb and grow dry or, it may meander into pride and/or pomp. Just think for a moment: Are you serving God? Or is God serving you?...When you offer milk to a hungry child, or a blanket to a shivering brother on the pavement, you are but placing a gift of God into the hands of another gift of God.”

-Sathya Sai Baba – Sanathana Sarathi, December 1993