Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
...one need not, and should not, believe blindfolded in whatever is said about ascent or salvation, but should treat it like a hypothesis, and observe the facts with an open mind like a scientist.
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How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it.
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Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.
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We should have more invention.
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They should rule who are able to rule best.
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My name, Diana Ross, is my name and nobody should be able to use that for exploitative purposes but me.
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I hate it when you really think you're getting something good... and you don't listen to your dudes when you really should.
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Space, like Switzerland, should be neutral.
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I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be more careful.
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Circumstances should never alter principles!
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A citizen should render to the state all the services he can as soon as the sovereign demands them.
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This wasn't a choice between you and Jacob. It was a choice between who I am and who I should be.
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Being able to do everything in the business doesn't necessarily mean you should do everything.
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Treat everyone how you want to be treated.
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If you want to be somewhere, you should go to that place and check it out.
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Oh - oh, why is it that the members of a family feel privileged to treat one another with a cruelty they would not exhibit to the merest stranger?
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Is it not monstrous that our seducers should be our accusers?
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Every aspect of the novel is - or should be - an arrow pointed towards its ultimate meaning, or a multiplicity of possible meanings. But I also value the readers' autonomy, their right to both read and misread.
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Only the stupid and the phlegmatic should teach.
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It was an honor to coach him. He should be proud of what he did this year.
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The real truth that dare not speak itself, is that no one is in control, absolutely no one... Nobody is in control. This stuff is ruled by the equations of dynamics and chaos. Now, there may be entities seeking control - the World Bank, the Communist Party, the rich, the somebody-or-others - but to seek control is to take enormous aggravation upon yourself... It's like trying to control a dream.
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...one need not, and should not, believe blindfolded in whatever is said about ascent or salvation, but should treat it like a hypothesis, and observe the facts with an open mind like a scientist.
