Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
Before knowing the truth, if you depend on your intelligence, you can be misled completely. Intelligence that is without the spiritual insight is your own ego. After Realization, the truth that comes to you is the real, pure truth and is not your ego.
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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The one thing that is sort of sneered at and not really believed is bisexuality. Any bisexual man is just seen as a closeted gay man. That shows how narrow-minded people are. The other thing that's totally neglected and which nobody approves of is celibacy. People again assume that you're just repressing something.
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It's expected of novels that they should explain the world and create the illusion that things are ultimately logical and coherent. But that's not what I see around me. Often, events remain mysterious and unresolved, and our emotions reach no catharsis.
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
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What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.
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I think that a lot of people would perceive my style as being intimidating. And although I don't want to intimidate kids, I am very demanding.
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Right now, more people enjoy movies, music, television and movies than they do video games.
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I really hate to write.
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Shimeji are those odd-looking clusters of small mushrooms you often find in so-called 'exotic' selections at the supermarket. They have an appealing firmness that is retained during light cooking.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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What would annoy the most people most often? That is the true left-wing test of government intervention.
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I just don't eat too much. That's never been my problem.
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You can learn more from a person just from their observations and how they see the world. More so than just talking.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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I'm easy to hate. I get it.
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I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.
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Big cities do evoke a sense of menace.
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The events leading to the discovery of tunnelling supercurrents took place while I was working as a research student at the Royal Society Mond Laboratory, Cambridge, under the supervision of Professor Brian Pippard.
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I want to marry after traveling alone, meeting many people, and experiencing a variety of things, and when I'm certain I can be responsible of myself.
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The common misconception is that as an actress you have to learn what you're doing. No, you just have to make the audience think you've learned it.
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However, if you listen to me I think you can hear years of abuse in my voice - both bad abuse and good abuse.
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I believe in being with someone for ever. Even though my marriage to Chris didn't work, I still don't consider it a failed marriage - it just came to its natural end. It didn't make me feel like I never wanted to get married again. I like sharing things with somebody.
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Before knowing the truth, if you depend on your intelligence, you can be misled completely. Intelligence that is without the spiritual insight is your own ego. After Realization, the truth that comes to you is the real, pure truth and is not your ego.
