Guru Nanak

The ignorant person is blind, even though he has eyes.

What is the use of bathing at sacred shrines, if the mind is full of impurity?

Without the Guru, no one has found God.

He who considers himself humble, he alone is worthy of praise.

To call woman inferior is to condemn humanity.

There is but One God. His Name is Truth; He is the Creator, Sustainer of all, Free from fear and hate, Immortal, Unborn, Self-existent, Realized by the Guru's Grace.

The True Guru is the Giver of peace and tranquility.

The world is burning in the fire of desire, greed, attachment, and ego.

He who speaks truth, lives truth, and meditates on truth, he alone is pure.

Caste has no power in the hereafter; the only judge is truth.

The one who serves others, serves God.

Only by His Grace, can one be saved.

The mind is like a wild elephant; it must be tamed by the Guru's Word.

Without good deeds, there is no devotion.

Through shallow intellect, the mind becomes shallow, and one eats the fly, along with the sweets.

Why do you call her inferior, when from her, kings are born?

False is the body, false are the clothes; false is beauty.

Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not. They don't understand truth nor do they meditate on it.

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?

Those who call themselves kings are butchers of the people.