Daya Mata Quotes

#1. There is absolutely nothing we can ever do that will cause God to forsake us. He will never turn away from us.

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#2. Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.

Napoleon Bonaparte

#3. He knows what He is doing with me. I cannot always understand His way, but I am content in the realization that He knows what is best. That is surrender.

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#4. Spirituality lies not in the power to heal others, to perform miracles, or to astound the world with our wisdom, but in the ability to endure with right attitude whatever crosses we have to face in our daily lives, and thus to rise above them.

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#5. Oh threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certain - This Life flies;
One thing is certain and the rest is Lies -
The Flower that once has blown forever dies.

Omar Khayyam

#6. If we were in tune and communing with God every moment, where would be the need to pray or ask for anything?

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#7. She told me that every other step was just for me.'
But that's only half of the dance,' I said.
Yeah,' my father said. 'She was keeping the rest for herself. Nobody can give everything away. It ain't healthy.

Sherman Alexie

#8. Clouds very high look
not one word helped them get up there

Ikkyu

#9. Jogging, I believe they call it. It seems to be an epidemic psychological illness afflicting Americans these days. A form of masochism, like the flagellantes in the Middle Ages.

David Lodge

#10. Think of God not as a word, or a stranger, or as someone on high, waiting to judge and punish you. Think of Him as you would want to be thought of if you were God.

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#11. Give to God just one thought of sincere love and longing and He responds: 'My child, one silent call from the depths of your soul, and I am there in an instant.'

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#12. Using material ferried up by rockets, it would be possible to construct a "space station" in ... orbit. The station could be provided with living quarters, laboratories and everything needed for the comfort of its crew, who would be relieved and provisioned by a regular rocket service. (1945)

Arthur C. Clarke

#13. No power of genius has ever yet had the smallest success in explaining existence. The perfect enigma remains.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#14. Perfect joy lies in selflessly striving for the best outcome, and then humbly accepting whatever God gives.

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#15. We have to get to the Self beyond its physical and mental instrumentalities to realize we are not fragile mortal beings; there is an unbroken link between ourselves and the Beloved Mother of the Universe, the Divine Consciousness flowing through and permeating Infinity.

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