Small Teachings

What is the use of searching for quiet in the jungle of the world when it is available only in the silence of inner awareness? It is like losing something in your room and searching for it under the street lamp outside. Your self you have lost; search for it in you… that is the path of wisdom.

Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 2, p. 129

When you eat a banana, you have to first peel off the skin before you reach the sweet substance. To be received and accepted by God, the bitter skin of egoism and power-mania has first to be removed. Ignorance, illusion, and pride are all components of the skin.

Sathya Sai Speaks, Vol. 9, p. 134