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Sri Guru Granth Sahib Quotes

«Those who attain the True Lord and chant His Name are pleasing to the Lord. They worship the Lord and bow at His Throne. They fulfill their pre-ordained destiny.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib | Keywords: chant, fulfill
«What can deep water do to a fish? What can the vast sky do to a bird? What can cold do to a stone? What is married life to a eunuch? You may apply sandalwood oil to a dog, but he will still be a dog.»
«O Nanak, this is the nature of a fool - everything he speaks is useless and wasted.»
«O Nanak, that destiny which is pre-ordained and written on one's forehead - no one can erase it. The Lord infuses strength, and He takes it away again. You alone, O Lord, You alone.»
«O Nanak, the Lord Himself is the Appraiser, who distinguishes the counterfeit from the genuine.»
«Tigers, hawks, falcons and eagles - the Lord could make them eat grass. And those animals which eat grass - He could make them eat meat. He could make them follow this way of life.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib | Keywords: falcon, hawks
«He could raise dry land from the rivers, and turn the deserts into bottomless oceans. He could appoint a worm as king, and reduce an army to ashes.»
«All beings and creatures live by breathing, but He could keep us alive, even without the breath. O Nanak, as it pleases the True Lord, He gives us sustenance.»
Author: Sri Guru Granth Sahib | Keywords: sustenance
«If a husband leaves his wife, their children may bring them back together in the world, and the bond is established.»
«When the king makes a demand, and it is met, the bond is established. When the hungry man eats, he is satisfied, and the bond is established. In the famine, the rain fills the streams to overflowing, and the bond is established.»