Guru Nanak

Founder of Sikhism

Early Modern influential 183 sayings

Sayings by Guru Nanak

Let no one be proud of his caste; he who knows God is a Brahmin.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Asa di Var, Ang 468, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Let no one be proud of his caste; he who knows God is a Brahmin.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Asa di Var, Ang 468, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

Through suffering, one learns to love God.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Maru, Ang 1013, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Through suffering, one learns to love God.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Maru, Ang 1013, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Disputed

He who is born into a high caste but does not praise God, is like a worm in filth.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Bilaval, Ang 875, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

He who is born into a high caste but does not praise God, is like a worm in filth.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Bilaval, Ang 875, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Disputed

Keep your mind pure, like the lotus in the water, untouched by its impurities.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Gauri, Ang 227, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Keep your mind pure, like the lotus in the water, untouched by its impurities.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Gauri, Ang 227, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Disputed

The world is a garden, O Nanak, and the Gardener is God.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Asa, Ang 353, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The world is a garden, O Nanak, and the Gardener is God.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Asa, Ang 353, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Disputed

Without devotion, life is barren, like a tree without fruit.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Gauri, Ang 152, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Without devotion, life is barren, like a tree without fruit.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Gauri, Ang 152, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Disputed

The Lord dwells in every heart; why search for Him outside?

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Sorath, Ang 600, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

The Lord dwells in every heart; why search for Him outside?

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Sorath, Ang 600, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

He who considers himself humble, is the highest of all.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Gauri, Ang 264, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

He who considers himself humble, is the highest of all.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Rag Gauri, Ang 264, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Disputed

Speak the truth, live the truth, and practice the truth.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Japji Sahib, Pauri 1, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

Speak the truth, live the truth, and practice the truth.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Japji Sahib, Pauri 1, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Confirmed

God is neither established nor created. He is self-existent.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Japji Sahib, Pauri 1, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Unverifiable

God is neither established nor created. He is self-existent.

c. 15th-16th century CE — Japji Sahib, Pauri 1, Guru Granth Sahib
Strange & Unusual Confirmed