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Quotes by Amma

November 19, 2022
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“Only when human beings are able to perceive and acknowledge the Self in each other can there be real peace.”
“All I am concerned with is what positive I can do.”
“Different people will think different things – that is the nature of the world. People have the right to have faith or not to have faith.”
“For me, everything in creation is God, there is nothing but God. Every single object is a wonder for me.”
“Our goal is to live in the present moment.”
“Friendship is like an elevator, it can take you up or down. Choose friends intelligently.”
“We have to regain our original faces rather than wearing masks. … We go more and more after the external world and we miss the inner self.”
“Peace and love are the same for everyone. Like honey, it is always sweet.”
“The first step in spiritual life is to have compassion. A person who is kind and loving never needs to go searching for God. God rushes toward any heart that beats with compassion-it is God’s favorite place.”
“When a poet sees a flower, he writes poetry about it; a scientist will conduct research on it; a boyfriend will give it to his girlfriend; a worm will eat it; a devotee of God will offer it to God. Similarly, each person comes with his own attitude. It’s their right.”
“Spirituality is not a form of escapism; it is courage.”
“One cannot know the sweetness of honey by writing ‘honey’ on a piece of paper and licking it.”
“It is at the base of the lighthouse that it is the darkest. A mosquito will never get milk from the udder of a cow, only blood. The bee draws honey from the flower, but the beetle only drubs through the dirt.”
“You cannot open all boxes with one key.”
“Loving others is always good.”
“All happiness is first from within.”
“Whether it is spiritual love or worldly love, love remains love. The difference is only in depth and degree.”
“Consciousness is the eternal source of power.”
“When we tell our experience to others, let them accept it or not. Otherwise, don’t insist. Don’t waste time on all this, children.”
“There’s no practical use of getting upset.”
“No one is completely bad in this world. However bad someone is said to be, there will be something good in him. One of you could see the good in a murderer, a robber, and a prostitute. If there is goodness in us, we will also see it on others. Those are the kind of eyes we need.”
“Time is always favorable, but we are not favoring time, that is all. Both favor and adversity are within us only. Not knowing this, human beings become slaves to their circumstances.”
“The common expression is ‘I love you.’ But instead of ‘I love you,’ it would be better to say, ‘I am love — I am the embodiment of pure love.’ Remove the I and you, and you will find that there is only love. It is as if love is imprisoned between the I and you. Remove the I and you, for they are unreal; they are self-imposed walls that don’t exist. The gulf between I and you is the ego. When the ego is removed the distance disappears and the I and you also disappear. They merge to become one — and that is love. You lend the I and you their reality. Withdraw your support and they will disappear. Then you will realise, not that ‘I love you,’ but that ‘I am that all-embracing love.'”
“This little world of ours should evolve until it becomes the whole universe. As it grows, we can see our problems slowly dissolving away.”
“When there are no desires, there are no sorrows. We must be able to love without expecting anything in return, or without expecting anything from anyone else. We must always be thinking that we are the servants of all.”