55 Best Guru Nanak Quotes to Enlighten Your Path

1. “Make of the Silence your to-do tasks, of the compassion your wealth and of the meditation your beggar’s bowl.” – Guru Nanak

2. “The soul bride shall never be a widow, she shall never suffer sorrow.” – Guru Nanak

3. “The widow cries out at the door, The light of my mind has gone out, O my mother, with his death. So cry out, O soul brides of the Husband Lord, and dwell on the Glorious Praises of the True Lord.” – Guru Nanak

4. “Be the wisdom your support. Be the compassion your guide and listen to the Divine Music that beats in every heart.” – Guru Nanak

5. “Those who have not obtained the Blessed Vision, the Blessed Vision of the Darshan of the True Guru, the Almighty Lord God they have fruitlessly, uselessly wasted their whole lives in vain.” – Guru Nanak

6. “Nanak, the whole world is in a state of superstition.” – Guru Nanak

7. “God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.” – Guru Nanak

8. “He who has no faith in himself can never have faith in God.” – Guru Nanak

9. “Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.” – Guru Nanak

10. “Whatever be the qualities of the man with whom a woman is united according to the law, such qualities even she assumes, like a river, united with the ocean.” – Guru Nanak

11. “Burn worldly love, rub the ashes and make ink of it, make the heart the pen, the intellect the writer, write that which has no end or limit.” – Guru Nanak

12. “With your hands carve out your own destiny.” – Guru Nanak

13. “Whatever kind of seed is sown in a field, prepared in due season, a plant of that same kind, marked with the peculiar qualities of the seed, springs up in it.” – Guru Nanak

14. “Emotional attachment to Maya is totally painful, this is a bad bargain.” – Guru Nanak

15. “Do not wish evil for others. Do not speak ill of others. Do not obstruct anyones activities.” – Guru Nanak

16. “Your Mercy is my social status.” – Guru Nanak

17. “Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die.” – Guru Nanak

18. “Dwell in peace in the home of your own being, and the Messenger of Death will not be able to touch you.” – Guru Nanak

19. “O Lord, You bless all with Your bountiful blessings.” – Guru Nanak

20. “The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.” – Guru Nanak

21. “The true one was there from time immemorial. He is there today and ever there you will find.” – Guru Nanak

22. “Truth is high, but higher still is truthful living.” – Guru Nanak

23. “See the brotherhood of all mankind as the highest order of Yogis; conquer your own mind, and conquer the world.” – Guru Nanak

24. “What should the yogi have to fear? Trees, plants, and all that is inside and outside, is He Himself” – Guru Nanak

25. “Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.” – Guru Nanak

26. “I am a song bird, I am a meek song bird, I offer my prayer to the Lord.” – Guru Nanak

27. “Blessed, blessed is the True Guru, the Immaculate, Almighty Lord God, meeting Him, I meditate on the Name of the Lord.” – Guru Nanak

28. “Wherever the Protector of all keeps me, there is heaven.” – Guru Nanak

29. “Like the juggler, deceiving by his tricks, one is deluded by egotism, falsehood and illusion.” – Guru Nanak

30. “Owing to ignorance of the rope the rope appears to be a snake; owing to ignorance of the Self the transient state arises of the individualized, limited, phenomenal aspect of the Self.” – Guru Nanak

31. “Asceticism doesn’t lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities.” – Guru Nanak

32. “Conquer your mind and conquer the world.” – Guru Nanak

33. “As fragrance abides in the flower, as reflection is within the mirror, so does your Lord abide within you, why search for him without?” – Guru Nanak

34. “Before becoming a Muslim, a Hindu, a Sikh or a Christian, let’s become a Human first.” – Guru Nanak

35. “Through True Love, she merges with Him. She who does not know her Husband Lord, the Architect of karma, is deluded by falsehood she herself is false.” – Guru Nanak

36. “Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.” – Guru Nanak

37. “those who have loved are those that have found God” – Guru Nanak

38. “I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.” – Guru Nanak

39. “Be kind to all beings, this is more meritorious than bathing at the sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage and donating money.” – Guru Nanak

40. “Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don’t understand truth nor do they meditate on it. Who can define what is meat and what is plant Who knows where the sin lies, being a vegetarian or a non vegetarian.” – Guru Nanak

41. “Speak only that which will bring you honor.” – Guru Nanak

42. “One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.” – Guru Nanak

43. “The highest religion is to rise to universal brother hood; aye to consider all creatures your equals.” – Guru Nanak

44. “I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.” – Guru Nanak

45. “The Lord can never be established nor created; the formless one is limitlessly complete in Himself.” – Guru Nanak

46. “The ignorant soul bride wanders in delusion, in the love of duality, she sits like a widow. She sits like a widow, in the love of duality, infatuated with Maya, she suffers in pain. She grows old, and her body withers away.” – Guru Nanak

47. “Truth is the highest virtue, but higher still is truthful living.” – Guru Nanak

48. “In the house of my heart, I sing the song of rejoicing and bliss.” – Guru Nanak

49. “Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don’t understand truth, nor do they meditate on it.” – Guru Nanak

50. “Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.” – Guru Nanak

51. “For each and every person, our Lord and Master provides sustenance. Why are you so afraid, O mind? The flamingos fly hundreds of miles, leaving their young ones behind. Who feeds them, and who teaches them to feed themselves? Have you ever thought of this in your mind?” – Guru Nanak

52. “The world is a drama, staged in a dream” – Guru Nanak

53. “Blessed, blessed is that body horse which meditates on the Lord God.” – Guru Nanak

54. “He who regards all men as equals is religious.” – Guru Nanak

55. “Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.” – Guru Nanak

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