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If we are not able to fix the Lord firmly in our hearts, even a lifetime of temple-going does not do us any good.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Nowadays everybody wants to become a leader. No one wants to become a servant. In reality, the world is badly in need of servants, not leaders. A real servant is a real leader.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Leadership Oneself Reality Servant
Keep the child within alive. A child never tires of hearing the birds sing, never gets bored looking at flowers.
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Alive Boredom Children Flower
When one has truly imbibed spiritual qualities, they will spontaneously be reflected in one’s thoughts and actions.
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Action Quality Reflection Spiritual Thinking True
Love sustains everything.
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Love One Liner
The guru is not someone who is confined to the body. When there is selfless love for the guru, we will be able to see him not only in his body but in every living and nonliving thing in this world. Learn to see everything as the guru’s body and to serve them accordingly.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Body Himself Learning Love See Teacher
Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.
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Ego Human Nature Optimism Stop Suffering
You can only feel love by expressing it.
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Expression Feeling Love Yourself
Due to our preconceptions regarding education, we fail to inquire into the most obvious and wondrous field of study – ourselves.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Education Ourselves Study Wonder
Children, we should simplify our life’s needs and use the resulting savings for charity.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Charity Children Save Simplify
The impermanent, which is the body, is given too much importance. The permanent, which is the Atman, is completely forgotten. This should change.
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Body Change Forget Important
Try to make others happy, and don’t despair over all the evil in the world. Instead of cursing the dark, let us each light one small lamp.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Curse Despair Happiness Light Oneself Small Try
While carrying responsibilities, never forget to smile.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Carry Forget Responsibility Smile
Our circumstances will continually change. It is out of our control. It is more important to change our attitude, which we have control of.
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Attitude Change Circumstance Control Important Ourselves
Once you learn the art of relaxation, everything happens spontaneously and effortlessly.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Art Effort Learning Relax Yourself
There are millions and millions of people who are thrown in the midst of poverty and starvation. Animals don’t die of starvation, only human beings.
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Human People Poverty Starve
A person’s destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.
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Change Destiny Person Power

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