“First, the human mind should be harmonized, then the harmony of Nature will spontaneously take place.”

The indicator of true knowledge is the ability to differentiate what uplifts us from what pulls us down.

What makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.

Don’t get angry. Try not to speak roughly or use harsh words.

Love is our true nature. When we do not express love in our words and actions it is like honey hidden in a rock.

Free from attachments to the past and worries about the future, a child expresses him/herself fully.

You cannot predict when grace takes place; you can only wait. Relax.

If we let go of our likes and dislikes, we will become fit vessels to receive the God’s ever flowing grace.

Couples should abstain from sexual relations at least 2 or 3 days a week. Gradually try to reach a stage of celibacy most days.

Any action done with the right attitude, understanding and discrimination will take you closer to liberation. If however, the same action is done without the right attitude, it will bind you.

May your thoughts, words and actions arise from love.

Every night, contemplate: What good did I do today? How can I do better tomorrow?

Married life, if lived with the proper love and understanding, helps awaken the feminine within a man, and the masculine within a woman.

Children, we should simplify our life’s needs and use the resulting savings for charity.

Real love is the complete absence of any negative feelings towards anyone.

If you have patience, then you’ll also have love. Patience leads to love.

Remember to set apart at least one hour every day to do some service for others. While the food we eat nurtures our bodies, it is what we give in charity that nurtures our souls. If time is not available daily, reserve at least a few hours every week for some worthwhile act of charity.

Fortune may raise up or abuse the ordinary mortal, but the sage and the soldier should have minds beyond her control.

A mind forever Voyaging through strange seas of Thought, alone.

I will act now. I will act now. I will act now. With these words I can condition my mind to perform every action necessary for my success.

Cats are a very mysterious kind of folk. There is always more passing in their minds than we are aware of.

Does money upset the hearts of learned men? He answered, “men whose hearts are changed by money are not learned.”

There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.

And deep in my heart. The answer, it was in me. And I made up my mind. To define my own destiny.

I don’t know any more about the future than you do. I hope that it will be full of work, because I have come to know by experience that work is the nearest thing to happiness that I can find. I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.