Top 28 Quotes by Guru Nanak

About Guru Nanak

These are some quotes by No-nationality author Guru Nanak Philosopher, who lived between April 15, 1469 and September 22, 1539.

Asceticism doesn't lie in ascetic robes or in walking staff nor in the ashes. Asceticism doesn't lie in the earring nor in the shaven head nor blowing a conch. Asceticism lies in remaining pure amidst impurities.

Guru Nanak

Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct.

Let God's grace be the mosque, and devotion the prayer mat. Let the Quran be the good conduct.

Guru Nanak

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

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

Guru Nanak

If there is one God, then there is only His way to attain Him, not another. One must follow that way and reject the other. Worship not him who is born only to die, but Him who is eternal and is contained in the whole universe.

Guru Nanak

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

From its brilliancy everything is illuminated.

Guru Nanak

Me, the bard out of work, the Lord has applied to His service. In the very beginning, He gave me the order to sing His praises night and day. The Master summoned the minstrel to His True Court. He clothed me with the robe of His true honour and eulogy. Since then, the True Name had become my ambrosial food.

Guru Nanak

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

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

Guru Nanak

If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.

If the people use the wealth bestowed on them by God for themselves alone or for treasuring it, it is like a corpse. But if they decide to share it with others, it becomes sacred food.

Guru Nanak

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.

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

Riches cannot be gathered without sin and evil means.

Riches cannot be gathered without sin and evil means.

Guru Nanak

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