Self-confidence means thinking all the time, "God is in me... God is doing everyยญthing . . . without God I cannot be . . . all this is God . . . I only want to think of God."
Sathya Sai BabaDo not spend your time thinking about the world or your relationships to individuals. These are all impermanent. They have only to do with the body.
Sathya Sai BabaThe first step in realization is to always think of God. Then after some years you will realize that you are one with God.
Sathya Sai BabaYou can remain in the world for any number of years, but don't let the world take hold. Don't let the world take hold of the inside world. There is the example of the lotus. It stays deep down in the mud. It comes up to the light, and it can't stay without water because it would die. But it does not get mixed up either with the mud or the water. You have seen the lotus; even if the water comes it just goes off again. Now, when they talk of God, they always say 'the lotus eyes, the lotus feet' because of this inner significance.
Sathya Sai Baba