Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self.
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Love is important. I didn't have the energy to be giving it to somebody else in a way that they deserved, and I knew that. So I've always been scared to go too far with somebody I care for because I knew there would come a day when I'd need to pick up and finish a painting for the next three months. That day is inevitable.
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Love is a beautiful feeling.
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In the eyes of many people, giving doesn't count unless it's completely selfless. In reality, though, giving isn't sustainable when it's completely selfless.
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At first blush, it seems odd that loser lit books are rejected initially, then go on to be fiercely loved by legions of readers. This apparent contradiction might be due to the fact that if they didn't screw up their lives, most losers would be the kind of power-elite, Type A go-getters whom readers love to hate.
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I had to let my ego go a long time ago.
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I love talking to people, hearing people's stories; I love honest things.
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
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Love conquers all things except poverty and toothache.
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If there is anything that keeps the mind open to angel visits, and repels the ministry of ill, it is human love.
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I love seeing when actors go from one genre to the next because I feel like most of them can pull it off.
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I love a woman who can out-eat me.
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Nothing can really prepare you for you the sheer overwhelming experience of what it means to become a mother. It is full of complex emotions of joy, exhaustion, love, and worry, all mixed together.
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.
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Being a mom makes you far more compassionate. You have more empathy for people, more love. I was always taught to say thank you, and I'm very grateful. And my kids have that quality, too.
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I follow the Patriots, but the Steelers were my first and true love. I still have a 'Terrible Towel.'
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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
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The All-Wise Maker attaches hundreds of instances of wisdom to each of the beings in the palace of the universe and equips them to perform hundreds of duties. To all trees He bestows instances of wisdom to the number of its fruits and gives duties to the number of its flowers.
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I believe in trusting men, not only once but twice - in giving a failure another chance.
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It shows considerable wisdom to know what you want in life and then to direct all your energies towards getting it.
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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Everything in my life that I value has been gained at the cost of not saying what I really think and saying what they want me to say.
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Wisdom means that it gives you detachment, detachment from all that is selfishness, self-centredness, self-obsession, ego - all connected with self.
