Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
You cannot intellectualize God, you cannot, He is beyond your intellect, you cannot understand Him through your intellect. If you have to understand Him you have to become the spirit.
Quotes to Explore
-
I love being in the editing room and playing with tempo and with the rhythm of shots.
-
Love can never be fully explained.
-
I'm just in love with Burberry. Always have been, always will be.
-
I think that ballet is very good for the body. It's very similar to yoga, because you have to hold a position.
-
One could surely argue that the Buddhist tradition, taken as a whole, represents the richest source of contemplative wisdom that any civilization has produced.
-
I have never denied my background or my culture. I have taught my child to embrace her Mexican heritage, to love my first language, Spanish, to learn about Mexican history, music, folk art, food, and even the Mexican candy I grew up with.
-
I love to watch 'Chopped,' 'Jeopardy,' and 'Breaking Bad.' You can't pass up that one. Oh! One other show I love to watch is 'Suburgatory.'
-
I would like to spend Christmas in different countries all over the world. I love seeing how different cultures celebrate the holidays in their own unique ways.
-
London is the financial capital of Europe, a great platform to America and Asia. I love the fact that in British culture you can be whoever you want, and people don't even look at you. I don't feel that in Paris or Milan.
-
If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
-
Love is the funeral of hearts.
-
Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.
-
I prefer to unwind by DJing. I learned that from Mike D from the Beastie Boys. After a show, he would DJ. Once I saw that, I wanted to do that. And now DJing is like my lifeline. I love the power it represents.
-
Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.
-
I love writing two narratives! I think concurrent storylines are my favorite way to write a book.
-
I love London; I could totally live here, actually. I'm in New York most of the time, and it really reminds me a lot of New York.
-
Trust in what you love, continue to do it, and it will take you where you need to go.
-
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.
-
There's nothing wrong with showing sexuality. If you have that inside, it's just an expression of who you are. If you want to share that with people, that's amazing. I love that.
-
I love my fans, and I try to keep in touch with them as much as I can.
-
For Eid - or Raya, as the Malaysians call it - we love to shop for new clothes for the festive season. There will be open houses to go to, and Malaysians love to look good for these.
-
Books are slow, books are quiet. The Internet is fast and loud.
-
You get a lot of speeding tickets, and you say, 'I'm so unlucky!' No, you're not. You're speeding. Slow down.
-
You cannot intellectualize God, you cannot, He is beyond your intellect, you cannot understand Him through your intellect. If you have to understand Him you have to become the spirit.
