Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
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I was lucky enough to go home and raise our babies.
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I am now writing a book called 'Far Enough,' very loosely based on my childhood. This is difficult because it forces me to remember people I loved who are gone.
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They talk about the failure of socialism but where is the success of capitalism in Africa, Asia and Latin America?
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The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop.
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Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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A woodland in full color is awesome as a forest fire, in magnitude at least, but a single tree is like a dancing tongue of flame to warm the heart.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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The Afghans did not have sophisticated weapons like the Soviets did, but with their faith they defeated a superpower.
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I am very outspoken, obviously, and I should say that I can't judge anyone for doing anything.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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I had a wonderful mother who wanted my sister and me to have everything, even though money was a very prominent thing we didn't have. But we had a very happy childhood - pretty much ideal, in fact.
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I didn't make any money from my writing until much later. I published about 80 stories for nothing. I spent on literature.
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I can't go into a mob scene and sense the mood and the attitude of the crowd. I can't conduct man-on-the-street interviews or even get reactions that I can be sure are honest, because they know who I am.
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I'm not a tech guy. I'm looking at the technology with the eyes of my customers, normal people's eyes.
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Yes, I did feel a special responsibility to be the first American woman in space.
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What's the most important thing in the world? It's love, and I look at that as an energy, not a sentiment.
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I had always been feeling uncomfortable in my mind about giving advice to others and not acting upon it myself.
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There are a lot of people who give you the message that maybe you are not good enough, and the best thing you can do for yourself is to block out all of that noise.
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You needn't love your enemy, but if you refrain from telling lies about him, you are doing well enough.
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One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.
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It's not hard to find a new husband, but someone who is, for an example, a good bridge partner for you comes along once in a lifetime.
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Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place in the contents. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. Nothing ever happens twice alike. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects. The most tranquil house, with the most serene inhabitants, living upon the utmost regularity of system, is yet exemplifying infinite diversities.
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Ego and conditionings are created by mind, which is a myth.
