Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
		
	 
	
		
	
	
	
		There is no solution to any world problem, to any national problem, to any city problem or to any local problem, unless and until people get their Realization.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nirmala Srivastava 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		Good fiction is about asserting the beauties of the world, inventing a new, positive thing. Where am I going to get that? And it should be original; it should not be cliched. So the way I looked at history was not to accuse it of failure. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Orhan Pamuk 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It is more from carelessness about truth than from intentionally lying that there is so much falsehood in the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Samuel Johnson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				A. P. J. Abdul Kalam 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		People on both sides of any conflict believe they are right, whether it's on a TV show or in the real world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Mandy Patinkin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the misperceptions that exists in the Muslim world, which needs to be fixed, is the perception that Muslims in America are - are - are living in - in very, very, very bad circumstances. They cannot practice religion freely. It is not the truth at all. The fact is, we are practicing. We fast, we pray, we do our prayers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Feisal Abdul Rauf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		World events can shape culture. Music is either a soundtrack for or a narration of changing times. And who knows how that's going to go? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				L.A. Reid 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and that, insofar as it is redeemable, it can be redeemed only by love. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wendell Berry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We live in a world of replicas, and I try desperately in a world of replicas to produce things that are not replicas of anything. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Carl Andre 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a believer in the ordinary person, that the ordinary person is just as important and has an equally unique perspective on the world as someone who is famous or perhaps more privileged. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Brandon Stanton 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Freedom means the U.S. government not being the main threat to countries around the world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Patrisse Cullors 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		About 1998, when 'Wide World of Sports' and the 'Footy Show' came to an end for me, I couldn't type. When I started architecture, it was a very aesthetic, creative, an almost art process, where lettering and thick line were how you expressed yourself on the paper. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Max Walker 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I consider myself lucky that Sheila Johnson, the cofounder of Black Entertainment Television, didn't choose to rest on her very impressive business laurels. Her luscious 100 percent modal scarves, printed with photos she takes all over the world, are gorgeous. Wearing one is like being wrapped in a hug. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gayle King 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		In great misfortunes, people want to be alone. They have a right to be. And the misfortunes that occur within one are the greatest. Surely the saddest thing in the world is falling out of love – if once one has ever fallen in. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Willa Cather 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When the women's movement began, it was a middle-class phenomenon. Certainly, black women had other stuff to think about in the '60s besides a women's movement. Working-class women were slow to get into it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gail Collins 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		It's impossible to be someone you're not, so quit trying. I am as passionate about my hobbies as I am about my work and my family. All three are equally important to me at all times. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gautam Singhania 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I am not responsible for the financial crisis, I hate to tell you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jamie Dimon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Aristotle 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is no solution to any world problem, to any national problem, to any city problem or to any local problem, unless and until people get their Realization. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Nirmala Srivastava