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Love sustains everything.

Mata Amritanandamayi

Real life is developed from within. Real living means that the soul expresses itself through all one’s thoughts, words and actions. A person becomes fearless once he understands the nature of the imperishable soul.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Development Expression Fear Life Person Reality Soul Understand
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
If you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Love Patience Yourself
Most human beings know only the language of exploitation. Due to their selfishness, they are unable to consider others.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Human Language Selfish
Each and every object in Nature teaches us something. Renunciation and selflessness are the greatest lessons to learn from Nature.
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Learning Nature Object Ourselves Teaching
A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we grow. Pride and conceit will only destroy us. Live with the firm attitude, ‘I am everyone’s servant.’ Then the whole universe will bow down to us.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Attitude Bow Bury Destroy Emerge Form Ourselves Reality Universe
Look at Nature. Nature is a book from which we must learn. Each object in it is a page of that book.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Book Learning Nature Object Page
If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Meditation Prayer Recite Yourself
Thinking that God wants something from us is like showing a candle to the sun.
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God Religious Sun Thinking
The greatest tragedy in life is not death; the greatest tragedy takes place when our talents and capabilities are underutilized and allowed to rust while we are living.
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Allow Death Greatness Life Live Place Tragedy
Spirituality, as expounded by the great saints and sages of the past, is a very broad path. It accommodates all types of belief systems. You need to satisfy everyone.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Greatness Past Sage Satisfaction Spirituality Yourself
Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Goodness Kindness Seek
There are thousands ready to die for their religion, but only are few willing to live by its principles. Because of their narrow vision and envy, they have missed the true essence and message of religion which is love and compassion.
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Death Essence Jealous Live Message Religion True Vision Willing
The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down.
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Ability Difference Knowledge True
God is standing at the door of every heart. Call Him. He is waiting to come in.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

God Heart Himself Stand
The change will only happen outside once we change within ourselves.
MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

Change Ourselves

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