Quotes About Ashrams

#1. Ashrams often become places where there is a hierarchy and a pecking order and not much enlightenment. That is what some people are drawn to. But that has nothing to do with enlightenment.

Frederick Lenz

#2. The problem with monasteries, ashrams, convents is these institutions become extremely political. In other words, they're really small societies, and much of what you hope to avoid in societies you find there.

Frederick Lenz

#3. People seem to get caught up in jargon like they get caught up in ashrams and power structures and they never become free. They become masters of jargon and power structures.

Frederick Lenz

#4. Ashrams" are Theaters, "Gurus" are the Actors and his "followers" are Ticket Sellers".

Sunil Sinha

#5. Enlightenment is not about being political. It is not a social club. Ashrams often turn into that, I know. Societies of enlightenment often just become cliques.

Frederick Lenz

#6. Ashrams and gurukulas (spiritual schools) are the pillars of spiritual culture. If we perform sadhana according to the guru's advice, we need not go anywhere else. We will get whatever we need from the guru.

Mata Amritanandamayi

#7. Even though ashrams ... probably still exist in India, you don't find a child widow anymore.

Deepa Mehta

#8. They make much of our drinking, but never think of our thirst.

Leopold Schefer

#9. You can't delete racism. It's like a cigarette. You can't stop smoking if you don't want to, and you can't stop racism if people don't want to. But I'll do everything I can to help.

Mario Balotelli

#10. Love is ill-mannered; it can knock on your heart early, stay late, and leave without saying goodbye.

Matshona Dhliwayo

#11. Young people in the business have grown up and made the wrong decisions, or bad decisions, and haven't been good role models. To be someone that people look up to is important to me.

Justin Bieber

#12. We start to feel not good enough and we withdraw our hearts energy and sensor our authentic expression, and that hurts!

Agapi Stassinopoulos

#13. Bill Proxmire represents almost the last of one of America's most remarkable generations.

Walter F. Mondale

#14. No knife cuts as swiftly, deeply and precisely as the blade of the Beloved.

Tiziana Stupia

#15. In Holland, everyone is an expert in painting and in tulips.

Albert Camus

#16. I'm involved in Project ALS which is trying to get money for stem cell research. That's one I've been pretty involved with because if you can cure that, you can cure so many other diseases.

Gina Gershon

#17. Love is far better to know, even if it slips from your grasp or doesn't bear fruit like you'd hoped. People who say they regret love, true love, are just bitter liar.

Elise Kova

#18. I do think women avoid power. Power assumes responsibility and accountability, and I think many, many women want to have it both ways.

Rita Mae Brown