Mata Amritanandamayi Quotes

Controlling the mind is the way to attain internal harmony.
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Control Harmony Mindset
Just as armor protects the soldier, spiritual knowledge protects us from the difficulties of life.
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Difficult Knowledge Life Protection Spiritual
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
If you are unable to meditate, chant your mantra or sing bhajans.
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Meditation Prayer Recite Yourself
One who goes after the taste of the tongue does not get to know the taste of the heart.
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Choice Heart Taste
Pure love transcends the body. It is between hearts. It has nothing to do with bodies.
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Body Heart Love Purity Transcendence
A person’s destiny can be changed through the power of a saint.
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Change Destiny Person Power
Love is the only medicine that can heal the wounds of the world.
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Healing Love Medicine World Wound
Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth is the real purpose of this life in human form.
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Cycle Death Form Human Purpose Reality Transcendence
If we have been able to give happiness to a soul-even for a minute-it makes our life blessed.
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Blessing Happiness Life Soul
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
Parents need to nourish spiritual values in their children from a very young age.
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Age Need Nourish Parents Spiritual Value Young
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
You can only feel love by expressing it.
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Expression Feeling Love Yourself
We should try our best to relieve the suffering of others in whatever way we can.
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Best Ourselves Suffering Try
Be content and happy with whatever comes to you.
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Acceptance Happiness Life Yourself
“Is God a Man or a Woman ?” The answer to this question is neither God is That. But if you must give God a gender, God is more female than male, for he is contained in She.
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Gender God Man Question Woman
Happiness comes from the dissolution of the mind, not from external objects. Through meditation we can achieve everything including bliss, health, strength, intelligence and vitality. But it should be practiced properly in solitude and with care.
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Care Happiness Intelligence Mindset Object Practice Solitude
A musk deer searches for the source of the fragrance of musk, but it won’t find it because the fragrance comes from within itself. Bliss is not to be found outside of us; it exists within us.
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Bliss Fragrance Happiness Ourselves Search Source
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
We human beings are born in ego, live in ego, are brought up in ego and will die in ego. We need a certain degree of vision when we live in this world for achieving and attaining our goals in life.
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Achievement Born Ego Goal Human Life Live Vision World
Understand this great truth: The happiness that comes from the pleasures of the world is but a minute reflection of the infinite bliss that comes from within your own Self.
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Greatness Happiness Infinite Ourselves Reflection Truth Understand
Go out and serve the suffering. Learn to place others in front of yourself.
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Learning Place Service Suffering
Our educational system needs to give equal importance to the intellect and the heart.
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Education Equality Heart Importance Intellectual Need System
The more intellectual you are, the more egoistic you are, and surrendering becomes more difficult.
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Difficult Ego Intellectual Surrender Yourself
People think that God wants our offerings. God does not need anything from us. He is the giver. He is like the sun – the giver of light.
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God Light Offering People Sun Thinking
We give physical exercise to the body, but neglect the heart. The exercise for the heart is uplifting the destitute and the suffering.
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Body Exercise Heart Suffering

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