Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes

Self Realization is the first encounter with reality.

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• I have lived under totalitarian Communism, so I prize freedom as much as anyone and have long fought for freedom of conscience and speech.

  

  Os Guinness
  • Long
  • Freedom
  • Communism

• After I win a match, I celebrate it by having an ice cream.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Win
  • Celebrate
  • Ice

• I am prepared to do whatever I can do and whatever is reasonable to make sure that it is Hillary who makes it to the White House and not Trump.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • House
  • Trump
  • Reasonable

• All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.

  

  Napoleon Hill
  • Beginning
  • Idea
  • Riches

• From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • England
  • Only
  • Spoke

• Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.

  

  Frances Wright
  • May
  • Religion
  • Belief

• I have cut four albums so far, and all of them have been trendsetters and commercially successful. I believe that once you start taking art in commercial terms, it ceases to be art.

  

  Kailash Kher
  • Believe
  • Art
  • Start

• By 1946, I knew Detroit was the best hockey city in the Original Six.

  

  Ted Lindsay
  • City
  • Best
  • Hockey

• I don't think it's ever changed, whether its Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller, Zeppelin, Guns n' Roses or anyone today, the reason why you get into music is because you love it, and if you're good at it, that's a plus.

  

  Zakk Wylde Black Label Society
  • Good
  • Music
  • Think

• I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?

  

  Samantha Power
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting.

  

  Eddie Albert
  • Think
  • Proud
  • Acting

• You don't need a uniform color: We used a mixture of brick red, browns and grays, and then threw in seashells, branches and various types of rock, so our walls ended up looking like cave paintings!

  

  Randy Bachman The Guess Who
  • Up
  • Rock
  • Color

• My private life stays private.

  

  Sam Worthington
  • Life
  • Private Life
  • Stays

• The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.

  

  Gail Collins
  • Women
  • Home
  • American

• My dad always told me that the best way to get somebody to get at you is to talk bad about them to somebody else.

  

  T-Pain
  • Bad
  • You
  • Me

• When I first started out in the industry, I was 12 or whatever, and I wanted to be on something so bad, and I didn't know what I was going to be on. At the time, I was in school, and I was working on drama and theatrical stuff, so I never thought that I'd end up going to comedy.

  

  Zendaya
  • Up
  • Time
  • School

• Coming from a middle class background, travel was always considered a luxury then, even if it meant going to a relative's place or a religious shrine.

  

  Imtiaz Ali
  • Always
  • Religious
  • Travel

• I'm a travel enthusiast.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Travel
  • Enthusiast

• I am my own worst enemy. My friends and family will say, 'You've got everything going for you right now', and I say, 'Oh yes, but!' Which is not a good way to be.

  

  Tamsin Egerton
  • Good
  • Family
  • Friends

• However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.

  

  Ed Markey
  • Reality
  • Moment
  • Commitment

• You must remember, once more, that expectations are the blocks with which you build your reality. There are no exceptions to this rule.

  

  Jane Roberts
  • Remember
  • Reality

• FIFA's goal of making the world a better place through football cannot be achieved through our efforts alone - equally important is the power which every fan of the beautiful game has at their disposal.

  

  Sepp Blatter
  • World
  • Important
  • Football

• As I was growing up, all meals, including breakfast, were family occasions, and you all sat down to eat together - and you had to finish everything as well.

  

  Mary Berry
  • Up
  • Family
  • Together

• Self Realization is the first encounter with reality.

  

  Nirmala Srivastava
  • Reality
  • Yoga
  • Meditation