Nirmala Srivastava (Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi) Quotes
You will find the truth the way you have found your awareness, spontaneously. It's a living process.
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It is absolutely impossible to settle the debts to pensioners, teachers, and others. The country hasn't got enough money to do so.
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What is art? Art talks about life; it's subversive.
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I think we have a real obligation when we do have animals in captivity to understand their needs and to care for them as well as we can.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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My father's music has always inspired me in many ways... especially to be better at what I do.
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Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.
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People say I have my own Cinderella story, and in a way, I guess I do.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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Accordingly the Northern races of Europe found their inspiration in the Bible; and the enthusiasm for it has not yet quite faded away.
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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Never put a sock in a toaster.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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I am an Air Force brat - that's the terminology they use for military kids who are traveling constantly.
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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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I'm not looking for a 'yes' woman, but a strong person who knows when to be objective and when not to be.
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First, I have the privilege of being Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee. It is not an oxymoron I assure you.
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We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.
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The first thing I did as a child was draw. I wanted to make animated movies. I think Disney's 'Cinderella' was the first movie I ever saw. 'Peter Pan' was the first movie I ever saw in the movie theater. I grew up with 'Dumbo' and 'Pinocchio' and 'Sword in the Stone.' Those were the movies I wanted to make.
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I got the idea that to write books would be the best way to spend a life. I never thought of anything else that seemed like half as much fun, although in my next life I would like to be an architect, too, so I can have an easier time restoring houses.
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Almost all our suffering is the product of our thoughts. We spend nearly every moment of our lives lost in thought, and hostage to the character of those thoughts. You can break this spell, but it takes training just like it takes training to defend yourself against a physical assault.
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If I give someone a horsetail he will have no difficulty making a photographic enlargement of it - anyone can do that. But to observe it, to notice and discover its forms, is something that only a few are capable of.
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You will find the truth the way you have found your awareness, spontaneously. It's a living process.
