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Guru Nanak Quotes

«Let him walk in that path of holy men which his fathers and his grandfathers followed, while he walks in that, he will not suffer harm.»
«With his father and his mother, with female relatives, with a brother, with his son and his wife, with his daughter and with his slaves, let him not have quarrels.»
«If he avoids quarrels with these persons, he will be freed from all sins, and by suppressing ,all such ,quarrels a householder conquers all the following worlds.»
«Infants, aged, poor and sick men must be considered as rulers of the middle sphere, the eldest brother as equal to one s father, one s wife and one s son as one s own body.»
«Though ,by his learning and sanctity he may be entitled to accept presents, let him not attach himself ,too much to that ,habit , for through his accepting ,many presents the divine light in him is soon extinguished.»
«Without a full knowledge of the rules, prescribed by the sacred law for the acceptance of presents, a wise man should not take anything, even though he may pine with hunger.»
«Hence an ignorant ,man should be afraid of accepting any presents, for by reason of a very small ,gift even a fool sinks ,into hell as a cow into a morass.»
«For property, though earned in accordance with prescribed rules, which is given to these three ,persons , causes in the next world misery both to the giver and to the recipient.»
«A man who, ever covetous, displays the flag of virtue, ,who is a hypocrite, a deceiver of the people, intent on doing injury, ,and a detractor ,from the merits of all men, one must know to be one who acts like a cat.»
«He who, without being a student, gains his livelihood by ,wearing the dress of a student, takes upon himself the guilt of ,all students and is born again in the womb of an animal.»