Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
In modern times, what impresses one is not a simple and unassuming statement of the truth, but superficial showmanship and display.
Nirmala Srivastava
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Men and women should stay apart, till their hearts grow gentle towards one another again.
D. H. Lawrence
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I was the first to advocate the Web. But I am very troubled by this thing that every kid must have a laptop computer. The kids are totally in the computer age. There's a whole new brain operation that's being moulded by the computer.
Camille Paglia
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Those who join the Carmelite Order are not lost to their near and dear ones, but have been won for them, because it is our vocation to intercede to God for everyone.
Edith Stein
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E-mails, phone calls, Web sites, videos. They're still all letters, basically, and they've come to outnumber old-fashioned conversations. They are the conversation now.
Walter Kirn
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I think the veil is a way of taking power away from women.
Salman Rushdie
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I was never tomboyish. I loved Barbies. It's just the way I grew up.
Poppy Montgomery
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When you first open Niall [Horan]'s wallet, the first thing you see is a picture of Justin Bieber and a picture of us.
Liam Payne
One Direction
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I have a twitter, but I try to not talk about things like, "Oh, I had a grapefruit this morning and it was delicious," because, who cares? But, I think it can serve as a platform for talking about things that matter to me, like the organizations that I work with. As pretentious as that sounds, it is true. You can really make a difference, if you can create a following and actually represent who you are, as opposed to how people want to portray you. But, I don't know what the balance is.
Zoey Deutch
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The means that make one qualified for enquiry are meditation, yoga, etc. One should gain proficiency in these through graded practice and thus secure a stream of mental modes that is natural and helpful.
Ramana Maharshi
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We must become so alone, so utterly alone, that we withdraw into our innermost self. It is a way of bitter suffering. But then our solitude is overcome, we are no longer alone, for we find that our innermost self is the spirit, that it is God, the indivisible. And suddenly we find ourselves in the midst of the world, yet undisturbed by its multiplicity, for our innermost soul we know ourselves to be one with all being.
Hermann Hesse
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Oh, what's this in my shoe? Red carpet insole. Everywhere I go, I'm walking on red carpet.
Aziz Ansari
