"Before embarking on a service project one must introspect and examine his equipment for the Sadhana - whether his heart is full of selfless Love, humility, compassion, whether his head is full of intelligent understanding and knowledge of the problem and its solution, whether his hands are eager to offer the healing touch, whether he can gladly spare and share time, energy and skill to help others in dire need.

- Sathya Sai Baba, “Equipment for service” Discourse November 21, 1986

http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume19/sss19-25.pdf

"Try earnestly to live long, without falling into the hands of medical practitioners. When they give you one injection, they keep another ready to counteract its reactions! While trying to cure one disease, they cause a dozen more. Moreover, the drugs they recommend are mostly spurious, since manufacturers want to amass a fortune by hook or by crook. Most illnesses can be cured by simple living, simple exercises and by intelligent control of the tongue. Live long so that you witness the career of the Avatar for years and years." 

- Sathya Sai Baba, “Good Health and Goodness” Discourse 30 September 1981

http://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume15/sss15-21.pdf