Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
When you get your self realization or your second birth you become entitled to an awareness by which you can find out the roots of everything. You can find out the roots why people get sick, you can find out why there are incurable diseases, you can find out why there are psychological problems, you can find out why there are moral crisises, you can find out why there are political problems, why there are economic problems.
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We think of writing a book as a process, but the very word - process - suggests that there is one: a template to follow, a map to guide us. If that were true, someone would have surely figured out some marketable method we could all buy.
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I get some heat for what English people call 'overproduction.' I don't think my older stuff was overproduced, but I do think that sound has dated.
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We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul.
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You cannot survive if you do not know the past.
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Israel reoccupied the cities of the West Bank by a unilateral action, and reestablished the civil and military occupation by a unilateral action, and it is the one that determines whether or not a Palestinian citizen has the right to reside in any part of the Palestinian Territory.
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I definitely like wearing leotards.
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I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.'
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I've always loved books by the Bronte sisters. I love Jane Austen, too. I'm more influenced by people like her than by pop culture.
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I'm determined not to start dressing like I'm 45 years old now that I'm a mum.
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There's always reasons to make mistakes. Because then you do new mistakes next time. So they're beautiful mistakes.
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I have an obsession with mortality. I saw a friend die when I was 18, and I can't get over it.
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The E.U.'s 500 million citizens enjoy the right to live and work in any of the Union's 27 member states.
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I've had quite a lot to conquer in myself apart from writing. Not that I've been a pure angel when I come to the end of it.
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Liberation is not deliverance.
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I often have an argument with people. I say name me a classic song that's not sad in some kind of way. And even if you can, you'll have to search pretty far.
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The history of capitalism has been so totally re-written that many people in the rich world do not perceive the historical double standards involved in recommending free trade and free market to developing countries.
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I try to celebrate all the holidays that the Scriptures talk about.
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Under no circumstances will we allow ourselves to be latched onto the tasteless media stunt of an Iranian newspaper.
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I learned from my Adventist upbringing that the biggest sins were sexual.
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I grew up trying to be like my idols, and one of the main people in my life was my father. He played football, and when your father is telling stories about the game he played... Everybody wants to be like their father.
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You can look out of your life like a train & see what you're heading for, but you can't stop the train.
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When you get your self realization or your second birth you become entitled to an awareness by which you can find out the roots of everything. You can find out the roots why people get sick, you can find out why there are incurable diseases, you can find out why there are psychological problems, you can find out why there are moral crisises, you can find out why there are political problems, why there are economic problems.
