Guru Gobind Singh Birthday: 20 Inspiring Quotes by the Sikh Guru

Guru Gobind Singh, who was born as Gobind Rai, was the tenth and last Guru of Sikhism.

Following the martyrdom of his father, (the ninth Guru, Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji) he became Guru at the age of nine.

Guru Gobind Singh was a divine messenger, warrior, poet and philosopher. He shaped the Sikh religion with the institution of the Khalsa fraternity and completion of the Guru Granth Sahib Ji.

On Guru Gobind Singh’s birth anniversary, here are 20 inspiring quotations by him:

1. He alone is a man who keeps his word: Not that he has one thing in the heart, and another on the tongue.
2. Those who call me God, will fall into the deep pit of hell. Regard me as one of his slaves and have no doubt whatever about it. I am a servant of the Supreme Being; and have come to behold the wonderful drama of life.
3. The ignorant person is totally blind he does not appreciate the value of the jewel.
4. The greatest comforts and lasting peace are obtained, when one eradicates selfishness from within.
5. If you are strong, torture not the weak, And thus lay not the axe to thy empire.
6. Karta (The Creator) and Karim (The beneficent) are the names of the same God. Razak (The provider) and Rahim (The merciful) are also the names given to Him. Let no man in his error wrangle over differences in names. Worship the One God who is the Lord of all. Know that his form is one and He is the One light diffused in all.
7. In the City of Death, there is pitch darkness and huge clouds of dust, neither sister nor brother is there. This body is frail, old age is overtaking it.
8. Egotism is such a terrible disease, he dies, to be reincarnated he continues coming and going.
9. I tell the truth; listen everyone. Only those who have Loved, will realise the Lord.
10. It is nearly impossible to be here now when you think there is somewhere else to be.
11. Without the Name, there is no peace.
12. Those who worship and adore the Lord through the Guru’s Word forget all their pain and suffering.
13. The Lord Himself reveals the Path, He Himself is the Doer of deeds.
14. For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all evil-doers root and branch.
15. Blessed, blessed is the Knower of the Lord, my True Guru, He has taught me to look upon friend and foe alike.
16. He who trusts, however, in an oath on God, His Protection also in He; in need, He shows the Path.
17. Fruitful is the entire life of those, who feel hunger for the Name of the Lord in their minds.
18. I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism. Glorious and great are the virtues of the Guru, who has eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue.
19. Meeting the True Guru, hunger departs, hunger does not depart by wearing the robes of a beggar.
20. Shed not recklessly the blood of another with thy sword, Lest the Sword on High falls upon thy neck.