Explore · 30 sayings
Service & Compassion
“There is no virtue higher than non-injury.”
“Above all, to do good, perfect unselfishness is absolutely necessary.”
“The happiest is the man who is not at all selfish.”
“Onward for ever! Sympathy for the poor, the downtrodden, even unto death.”
“Love and charity for the whole human race, that is the test of true religiousness.”
“Let the giver kneel down and give thanks, let the receiver stand up and permit.”
“All hatred is “killing the self by the self”; therefore, love is the law of life.”
“He who gives up the little self for the world will find the whole universe his.”
“Really the highest use of life is to hold it at the service of all beings.”
“He is in everything, He is everything. Every man and woman is the palpable, blissful, living God.”
“I shall call you religious from the day you begin to see God in men and women.”
“Deep as the ocean, broad as the infinite skies, that is the sort of heart we want.”
“Each is responsible for the evil anywhere in the world. No one can separate himself from his brother.”
“I can secure my own good only by doing you good. There is no other way, none whatsoever.”
“We become forgetful of the ego when we think of the body as dedicated to the service of others.”
“God is present in every jiva; there is no other God besides that, ‘Who serves jiva, serves God indeed.”
“Only one kind of work I understand, and that is doing good to others; all else is doing evil.”
“I have experienced even in my insignificant life that good motives, sincerity, and infinite love can conquer the world.”
“I shall work incessantly until I die, and even after death I shall work for the good of the world.”
“Desire nothing for yourself. Do all for others. This is to live and move and have your being in God.”
“The whole world is full of God and not of sin. Let us help one another, let us love one another.”
“Mercy is heaven itself; to be good, we have all to be merciful. Even justice and right should stand on mercy.”
“Not one can attain liberty until every being (ant or dog) has liberty. Not one can be happy until all are happy.”
“All love is life, it is the only law of life; all selfishness is death, and this is true here or hereafter.”
“Be thankful that you are allowed to exercise your power of benevolence and mercy in the world, and thus become pure and perfect.”
“Why give thirsty people ditch-water to drink whilst the river of life and truth flows by? This is only human selfishness, nothing else.”
“It is an insult to a starving people to offer them religion; it is an insult to a starving man to teach him metaphysics.”
“You must not criticise others; you must criticise yourself. If you see a drunkard, do not criticise him; remember he is you in another shape.”
“Religion comes with intense self-sacrifice. Desire nothing for yourself. Do all for others. This is to live and move and have your being in God.”
“This life is short, the vanities of the world are transient, but they alone live who live for others, the rest are more dead than alive.”