Guru Nanak Quotes

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Whatsoever is, is in God, and without God nothing can be, or be conceived.

The universe is one of God's thoughts.

Things could not have been brought into being by God in any manner or in any order different from that which has in fact obtained.

Anyway, you know good and well it would be beyond the will of God, and the grace of the King

It is the conduct of God, who disposes all things kindly, to put religion into the mind by reason, and into the heart by grace.

There surely is a being who presides over the universe; and who, with infinite wisdom and power, has reduced the jarring elementsinto just order and proportion. Let speculative reasoners dispute, how far this beneficent being extends his care, and whether he prolongs our existence beyond the grave, in order to bestow on virtue its just reward, and render it fully triumphant.

My Faith is larger than the Hills— So when the Hills decay— My Faith must take the Purple Wheel To show the Sun the way— 'Tis first He steps upon the Vane— And then — upon the Hill— And then abroad the World He go To do His Golden Will— And if His Yellow feet should miss— The Bird would not arise— The Flowers would slumber on their Stems— No Bells have Paradise— How dare I, therefore, stint a faith On which so vast depends— Lest Firmament should fail for me— The Rivet in the Bands

Any good that comes our way doesn't come to us solely because we have done something good, but because God is good.

To those who are His all things are not only easy to be borne, but even to be gladly chosen. Their will is united to that will which moves heaven and earth, which gives laws to angels, and rules the courses of the world.

I couldn’t have asked for more than God in deliberate grace has surprised me with!

I believe that every particle of dust that dances in the sunbeam does not move an atom more or less than God wishes

There is a God in heaven who overrules all things for the best; and this is the comfort of my soul.

Let God operate in thee; Hand the work over to Him and do not disquiet thyself as to whether or no He is working with nature or above nature, for His are both nature and grace.

Ishvara is the highest manifestation of the Absolute Reality, or in other words, the highest possible reading of the Absolute by the human mind. Creation is eternal, and so also is Ishvara.

God doesn't owe us anything yet in His grace, He still gives us good things.

God created everything by number, weight and measure.

My Lord, I have nothing to do in this World, but to seek and serve thee; I have nothing to do with a Heart and its affections, but to breathe after thee. I have nothing to do with my Tongue and Pen, but to speak to thee, and for thee, and to publish thy Glory and thy Will. What have I to do with all my Reputation, and Interest in my Friends, but to increase thy Church, and propagate thy holy Truth and Service? What have I to do with my remaining Time, even these last and languishing hours, but to look up unto thee, and wait for thy Grace, and thy Salvation?

There can be but one will the master in our salvation, but that shall never be the will of man, but of God; therefore man must be saved by grace.

God never imposes a duty without giving time to do it.

O how far remov'd, Predestination! is thy foot from such As see not the First Cause entire: and ye, O mortal men! be wary how ye judge: For we, who see the Maker, know not yet The number of the chosen; and esteem Such scantiness of knowledge our delight: For all good is, in that primal good, Concentrate; and God's will and ours are one.

God is the one that's ultimately in control of everything. You can't try to change things when they're not meant to be changed.

Besides that, I believe one thing: there is a Lord God! And this Lord God creates the peoples.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.