Top 100 Devi Quotes
#2. If we sit deep in meditation, the glow within the body will brighten, and will expand and spread outside. That is Devi Puja
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
#3. I am a very spiritual person and love travelling to religious places. I go to the Golden Temple, Tirupati Balaji and Vaishno Devi every year.
Madhur Bhandarkar
#4. Devi energy (shakti) is there within all of us. Devi is not somewhere else, not in some other world. It is within us - Devi Shakti
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
#5. Devi-Mahatmayam has special meaning for spirituality,
With illumination, wisdom, strength - to freedom finally!
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Munindra Misra
#6. If they were not Indian, Devi was sure they'd be divorced.
Amulya Malladi
#7. ... the designation of wife in India, of the Hindu wife, is higher and grander than that of Empress. She is called Devi
Virchand Gandhi
#8. It's sort of what the Johnny and Devi stories are about, the idea of always being a slave to something.
Jhonen Vasquez
#9. I haven't had any formal education. Through the grace of god, I am gifted in mathematics and the English language.
Shakuntala Devi
#10. He who has really prayed to the Master, even once, has nothing to fear. By, praying to him constantly one gets ecstatic love (Prema Bhakti) through his grace.
Sarada Devi
#11. You develop a sympathy for all human beings when you travel a lot.
Shakuntala Devi
#12. We have to surrender ourselves completely to the Lord with faith and devotion in Him, serve others to the best of our capacity, and never be a source of sorrow to anybody.
Sarada Devi
#14. One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily.
Sarada Devi
#15. To preserve openness of heart and calmness of mind, nurture these attitudes:
Kindness to those who are happy
Compassion for those who are less fortunate
Honor for those who embody noble qualities
Equanimity to those whose actions oppose your values
Nischala Joy Devi
#16. Education is not just about going to school and getting a degree. It's about widening your knowledge and absorbing the truth about life.
Shakuntala Devi
#17. He who thinks always of the Lord, which way can evil come to him?
Sarada Devi
#18. I am a prince(ss) of peace, sitting on the throne of poise, directing my kingdom of activity.
Shakuntala Devi
#19. Animals cannot speak, but can you and I not speak for them and represent them? Let us all feel their silent cry of agony and let us all help that cry to be heard in the world.
Rukmini Devi Arundale
#20. Each moment of time that passes in my life is very important.
Because it strengthens my spirit to succeed in the complicated life.
Raathi Devi
#21. Does one get faith by mere studying of books? Too much reading creates confusion. The Master used to say that one should learn from the scriptures that God alone is real and the world illusory.
Sarada Devi
#22. If you do not use a muscle or any part of the body, it tends to become atrophic. So is the case with the brain. The more you use it, the better it becomes.
Shakuntala Devi
#23. Even Avataras, saints, and sages have to undergo the ordeal of suffering, for they take upon themselves the burden of sins of omission and commission of ordinary human beings and thereby sacrifice themselves for the good of humanity.
Sarada Devi
#24. As you smell the fragrance of a flower by handing it or the smell of sandalwood by rubbing it against a stone, so you obtain spiritual awakening by constantly thinking of God.
Sarada Devi
#25. What an illusion Mahamaya has conjured up! Here is this infinite world, and what one claims as his possession will be left behind at death. Still men cannot understand this simple truth.
Sarada Devi
#26. Good lord woman. If i had tits like yours I'd own half the world by now.
Patrick Rothfuss
#27. Give up this dry discussion, this hodge-podge of philosophy. Who has been able to know God by reasoning? Even sages like Suka and Vyasa are at best like big ants trying to carry away a few grains of sugar from a large hea
Sarada Devi
#28. I cannot transfer my abilities to anyone, but I can think of quicker ways with which to help people develop numerical aptitude.
Shakuntala Devi
#29. If one calls upon Him repeatedly, He becomes compassionate; and so a devoted attachment comes into being. This love for love's sake should be hidden from all eyes.
Sarada Devi
#30. One suffers as a result of one's own actions. So, instead of blaming others for such sufferings, one should pray to the Lord and depending entirely on His grace, try to bear them patiently and with forbearance under all circumstances.
Sarada Devi
#31. I was performing at a New Jersey high school, and I asked a class of 2,000 students, 'How many of you love mathematics?' and only one hand went up. And that was the hand of the maths teacher!
Shakuntala Devi
#32. Don't be afraid. Human birth is full of suffering and one has to endure everything patiently, taking the Name of God. None, not even God in human form can escape the sufferings of the body and mind.
Sarada Devi
#33. Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other idea alone. This is the way to success.
Swami Vivekananda , Ramakrishna Paramhans, Sarda Devi
#34. As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be driven away by the utterance of the Lord's name.
Sarada Devi
#35. We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.
Indra Devi
#36. If you do a good act, it cancels the effects of your evil deeds. If one prays, takes the Name of God and thinks of Him, the effects of evil are cancelled.
Sarada Devi
#37. Like water which can clearly mirror the sky and the trees only so long as its surface is undisturbed, the mind can only reflect the true image of the Self when it is tranquil and wholly relaxed.
Indra Devi
#38. Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.
Indra Devi
#39. My son, forbearance is a great virtue; there's no other like it.
Sarada Devi
#40. I alone knew what I had suffered. I alone knew what it felt like to be alive but dead.
Phoolan Devi
#41. Everything, husband, wife, or even the body, is only illusory. These are all shackles of illusion. Unless you can free yourself from these bondages, you will never be able to go to the other shore of the world.
Sarada Devi
#42. Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.
Indra Devi
#43. Be rather like a strong, big old tree, firmly anchored in your soil, deeply rooted, knowing yourself, knowing what you are anchored into, which is Source and Truth, and no currents from the outside world, no matter how strong, have any sway over you.
Maha Devi Li Ra La
#44. We must keep both our femininity and our strength.
Indra Devi
#45. I can never refuse anyone who addresses me as Mother.
Sarada Devi
#46. Don't puzzle the mind with too many inquiries. One finds it difficult to put one single thing into practising, but dares invite distraction by filling the mind with too many things.
Sarada Devi
#47. Such is life, here today, gone tomorrow! Nothing goes with one, except one's merit and demerit; good and evil deeds follow one even after death.
Sarada Devi
#48. Immorality does not consist in being different. It consists in not allowing others to be so.
Shakuntala Devi
#49. The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind.
Sarada Devi
#50. The whole world is a dream; even this (the waking state) is a dream ... What you dreamt last night does not exist now.
Sarada Devi
#51. It becomes necessary to learn how to clear the mind of all clouds, to free it of all useless ballast and debris by dismissing the burden of too much concern with material things.
Indra Devi
#52. If my comrades are not destined to rule the world, then away with it! A shower of atom bombs upon it and in place of its meaningsless chatter about 'love' and 'peace' the voice of the howling wind over its ruins.
Savitri Devi
#53. Open your grief-stricken heart to the Lord. Weep and sincerely pray, 'O Lord, draw me towards You; give me peace of mind.' By doing so constantly you, will gradually attain peace of mind.
Sarada Devi
#54. What else does one obtain by realization of God? Does one grow two horns? No, the mind becomes pure, and through a pure mind one attains knowledge and awakening.
Sarada Devi
#55. A person may have no relatives anywhere, but Mahamaya may make him keep a cat and thus make him worldly. This is how She plays!
Sarada Devi
#56. However strong or beautiful this body may be, its culmination is in those three pounds of ashes. And still people are so attached to it. Glory be to God.
Sarada Devi
#57. There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude.
Sarada Devi
#58. Knowing that all of manifestation and creation starts on the most subtle levels, and then sequentially unfolds itself like the seed growing into a tree, it is also the level from which change occurs, from which any form of transformation from one state into the next occurs.
Maha Devi Li Ra La
#59. But they would be offering Krishna Consciousness, the highest and rarest gift, and intelligent people would gradually appreciate this, even if at first they scoffed. By
Dinatarini Devi
#60. As long as a man has desires there is no end to his transmigration. It is the desires alone that make him take one body after another. There will be rebirth for a man if he has even the desire to eat a piece of candy.
Sarada Devi
#61. Somebody once asked me what had attracted me to National Socialism. I replied without a shadow of hesitation: 'Its beauty.'
Savitri Devi
#62. The grace of God is the thing that is needful. One should pray for the grace of God.
Sarada Devi
#63. People complain about their griefs and sorrows and how they pray to God but find no relief from pain. But grief itself is a gift from God. It is the symbol of His compassion.
Sarada Devi
#64. My child, I bless you from my heart that you live long, attain devotion, and enjoy peace. Peace is the principal thing. One needs peace alone.
Sarada Devi
#65. The conjunction of the day and the night is the most auspicious time for calling on God. The mind remains pure at this time.
Sarada Devi
#66. When one realizes God, He grants knowledge and illumination from within; one knows it oneself. In the fullness of one's spiritual realization one will find that He who resides in one's heart, resides in the hearts of others as well - the oppressed, the persecuted, the untouchable, and the outcast.
Sarada Devi
#67. Ordinary human love results in misery. Love for God brings blessedness.
Sarada Devi
#68. Sing of my deeds
Tell of my combats
How I fought the treacherous demons
Forgive my failings
And bestow on me peace
Phoolan Devi
#69. I don't even possess a car. I ride in auto-rickshaws because I like to be a part of the masses. I don't want to single myself out as someone up and above.
Shakuntala Devi
#70. You are an unlimited being with unlimited capacity to think, and be, and act. And the only limitations that are standing in your way are your desire to be identified with certain lower frequency ideals and concepts about lack.
Maha Devi Li Ra La
#71. Yoga is an art and science of living.
Indra Devi
#72. Yoga is a way to freedom. By its constant practice, we can free ourselves from fear, anguish and loneliness.
Indra Devi
#73. Why do people argue? Even the wisest of men have not found God through argument! Is God a subject for argument?
Sarada Devi
#74. In the course of time one does not feel even the existence of God. After attaining enlightenment one sees that gods and deities are all Maya.
Sarada Devi
#75. I have written a book called 'In the Wonderland of Numbers.' It's about a young girl, Neha, who is very poor in mathematics, but in a series of illusory experiences, she becomes a great mathematician.
Shakuntala Devi
#76. The difference between a great soul and an ordinary man is this: the latter weeps while leaving this body, whereas the former laughs. Death seems to him a mere play.
Sarada Devi
#78. Pray to God and make your heart as pure as the star.
Sarada Devi
#79. Students shy away from Maths, but in reality Maths is the best friend of man.
Shakuntala Devi
#80. Pray to God with tears in your eyes whenever you want illumination or find yourself faced with any doubt or difficulty. The Lord will remove all your impurities, assuage your mental anguish, and give you enlightenment.
Sarada Devi
#81. Yoga means union, in all its significances and dimensions.
Indra Devi
#82. Without mathematics, there's nothing you can do. Everything around you is mathematics. Everything around you is numbers.
Shakuntala Devi
#83. You see, my son, it is not a fact that you will never face dangers. Difficulties always come, but they do not last forever. You will see that they pass away like water under a bridge.
Sarada Devi
#84. He who will pray to God eagerly will see Him.
Sarada Devi
#85. The Mother of the universe is the Mother of all. From Her have come out both good and evil.
Sarada Devi
#86. The creation itself is full of griefs. How can one understand joy if there is no sorrow? And how can everyone be happy at the same time?
Sarada Devi
#87. Realization of God cannot be achieved without ecstatic love for Him.
Sarada Devi
#88. Yoga is the art and science of living.
Indra Devi
#89. Europe is merely powerful; India is beautiful.
Savitri Devi
#90. We've got our own daylight to get bad thoughts away, and we talk with that light - our star in our heart. We take away what's unimportant.
Indra Devi
#91. Adding kat after an adjective creates a compound word. The Wolof adjective hipi describes someone who is open-eyed and hyper-aware. A hipi-kat, therefore, is a person who is on the ball, or a "hepcat.
Debra Devi
#92. Women must not shout back when their husbands come home and shout at them for any reason.
Indra Devi
#93. I wonder-maybe the key is balance. Maybe it's about living in the moment while still keeping your eye on the big picture-on all the pictures.
Sarah Mlynowski
#94. I tell you one thing. If you want peace of mind, do not find fault with others. Rather learn to see your own faults. Learn to make the whole world your own. No one is a stranger, my child; this whole world is your own.
Sarada Devi
#96. Creation is the eternal play of the Divine (Parabrahma, the Totality).
You cannot adequately describe the majesty of a tree by talking about a flower, a branch or the bark.
The source cannot be fully explained by describing its manifestations.
Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi
#97. Why do children dread mathematics? Because of the wrong approach. Because it is looked at as a subject.
Shakuntala Devi
#98. God cannot be realized without love. Yes, sincere love.
Sarada Devi
#99. The world is going on because not all can be free of desires. People with desires are born again and again.
Sarada Devi
#100. You are a hologram of the world around you, and in that hologram, whatever you do inside yourself shows itself in your outside, and that means you have total control over your life and your creations and experiences by just going inside.
Maha Devi Li Ra La
