“You have to partake of satvic food. By partaking of satvic food, you will be able to cultivate satvic thoughts. And, by cultivating satvic thoughts, you will be able to undertake satvic karmas…You may at times have a doubt that you may not get such satvic food. I do not at all agree with this view. Don't you get vegetables and edible green leaves in plenty? In fact, the moment you are born out of your mother's womb, you are surviving and thriving on your mother's milk or cow's milk. Is this not satvic food? Can you not live upon a vegetarian diet…?”

...Sathya Sai Baba, “Cultivate Satvic Qualities Right from Childhood” Divine Discourse 22 October 2005

 https://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume38/sss38-17.pdf

“The person who serves is the person served; you serve yourself when you serve another. You serve another because his suffering causes you anguish and by relieving it, you want to save yourselves from that anguish. Unless you have that anguish, your service will be hollow and insincere.”

 …Sathya Sai Baba, Seva as Sadhana, Divine Discourse, Bombay, 6 November, 1967

 https://www.sssbpt.info/ssspeaks/volume07/sss07-40.pdf