“Seva brings you nearer to Me. The Flower, that is your Heart, acquires fragrance by means of the Seva you do and thus becomes more acceptable to Me.”                                             

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

"You take drugs in a vain attempt to escape from the grip of diseases. But you are unaware of the diseases that eat into the very vitals of your happiness and make you a social danger – the maladies of envy, malice, hatred and greed. Take this best medicine to rid yourself of these diseases! Believe that the Lord is living in every heart and so when you inflict pain, physical or mental, on anyone, you are slighting the Lord Himself. Never entertain hatred or contempt in your heart. Show your resentment, if you must, through carefully selected words but never through action. Introspect and repent for your own errors and pray for strength to refrain from your shortcomings."                                                                                      

–Sathya Sai Baba, Divine Discourse, 14 Oct 1964