Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes

A person who is innocent is extremely humble.

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• I don't care what people do. I don't care how people remember my albums. I do them for my own reasons.

  

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• The ordinary surroundings of life which are esteemed by men (as their actions testify) to be the highest good, may be classed under the three heads - Riches, Fame, and the Pleasures of Sense: with these three the mind is so absorbed that it has little power to reflect on any different good.

  

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• In order to be irreplaceable one must always be different.

  

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• I would suggest respectfully to the president that he is not the sole decider. The decider is a shared and joint responsibility.

  

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• At the end of the day, we still make the things that we make. And we found that the best strategy in this very fluid marketplace is to not be tied into any given platform, but to be able to make good content, and good content will be able to live anywhere.

  

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• Public opinion is stronger than the legislature, and nearly as strong as the ten commandments.

  

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• Seek knowledge and teach it to people. Learn dignity and tranquillity, and be humble towards those from whom you learn knowledge and be humble towards those to whom you teach it, and do not be tyrannical scholar otherwise your knowledge cannot be established because of your tyranny.

  

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• Acclaim is a distraction.

  

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• A person who is innocent is extremely humble.

  

  Nirmala Srivastava
  • Humble