Guru Nanak Quotes

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

Live, Delusion, Cross

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

God, Human, Himself

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

Death, Bad, Die

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

Young, Child, Nor

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

Alone, Him, Soul

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

Love, God, Cannot

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

Joy, Become, Lord

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

Life, Men, Children

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

True, Him, Feet

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

Ignorance, Self, State

That one plant should be sown and another be produced cannot happen; whatever seed is sown, a plant of that kind even comes forth.
Guru Nanak

Happen, Cannot, Another

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.
Guru Nanak

Happiness, Alone, Wife

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

Same, Whatever, Season

I am not the born; how can there be either birth or death for me?
Guru Nanak

Death, Born, Either

Thou has a thousand eyes and yet not one eye; Thou host a thousand forms and yet not one form.
Guru Nanak

Eyes, Eye, Thousand

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.
Guru Nanak

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

Mind, Through, Along

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

Woman, Law, Whatever

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

Him, Through, Cannot

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Biography

Type: Philosopher

Born: April 15, 1469

Died: September 22, 1539

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