Quotes by Guru Nanak

• I bow at His Feet constantly, and pray to Him, the Guru, the True Guru, has shown me the Way.
• Sing the songs of joy to the Lord, serve the Name of the Lord, and become the servant of His servants.
• 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.
• One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.
• Let no man in the world live in delusion. Without a Guru none can cross over to the other shore.
• I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?
• God is one, but he has innumerable forms. He is the creator of all and He himself takes the human form.
• From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.
• Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God.
• Death would not be called bad, O people, if one knew how to truly die.
• Alone let him constantly meditate in solitude on that which is salutary for his soul, for he who meditates in solitude attains supreme bliss.
• I am neither a child, a young man, nor an ancient; nor am I of any caste.
• Offspring, the due performance on religious rites, faithful service, highest conjugal happiness and heavenly bliss for the ancestors and oneself, depend on one's wife alone.
• The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause.
• Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.
• Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.