--- title: "Best Wisdom Wisdom by Nirmala Srivastava" description: "287 Wisdom quotes by Nirmala Srivastava. Plus more from Nirmala Srivastava and more Wisdom sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/nirmala-srivastava-1048_complexes_to-think-that-the-woman-is-dominated-by_2747053.png" --- > [To think that the woman is dominated by man or man is dominated by woman comes from a kind of a complex…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/to-think-that-the-woman-is-dominated-by-man-or-man-is-dominated-by/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a04/nirmala-srivastava-1048_complexes_to-think-that-the-woman-is-dominated-by_2747053.png) > [God is reflected in your heart as your Spirit, called as Atma. Unless and until your attention reaches that Spirit, talking about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/god-is-reflected-in-your-heart-as-your-spirit-called-as-atma-unless/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/763/nirmala-srivastava-1048_actualization_god-is-reflected-in-your-heart-as-your-s_3075004.png) > [So to have peace, the best way to put your mind right is to think of good things. Think of the flowers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/so-to-have-peace-the-best-way-to-put-your-mind-right-is-to-think-of/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81b/nirmala-srivastava-1048_beautiful_so-to-have-peace-the-best-way-to-put-you_327762.png) > [Fanaticism is such a blind stuff that it can never give you any idea as to what is reality. Because whatever you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/fanaticism-is-such-a-blind-stuff-that-it-can-never-give-you-any-idea/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/215/nirmala-srivastava-1048_believe_fanaticism-is-such-a-blind-stuff-that-it_1738968.jpg) > [As scientists you must keep your minds open. There is no use having blind faith in Me, in Sahaja Yoga, in anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/as-scientists-you-must-keep-your-minds-open-there-is-no-use-having/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/nirmala-srivastava-1048_blind_as-scientists-you-must-keep-your-minds-o_280004.jpg) > [Some people are very identified, say with their country or maybe with their worshipping style , whatever it is. All these misidentifications…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/some-people-are-very-identified-say-with-their-country-or-maybe-with/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8bf/nirmala-srivastava-1048_conditioning_some-people-are-very-identified-say-with_1882462.jpg) > [After Self-Realisation it is easy to perceive the truth that all these religions were born on the same tree of spirituality, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/after-self-realisation-it-is-easy-to-perceive-the-truth-that-all/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d77/nirmala-srivastava-1048_born_after-self-realisation-it-is-easy-to-per_1637150.png) ## Other authors on Wisdom - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-vikrant-parsai-70.jpg) Vikrant Parsai 1,303 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/vikrant-parsai/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-amit-kalantri-279.jpg) Amit Kalantri 409 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/amit-kalantri/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 151 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-bryant-mcgill-108.jpg) Bryant McGill 145 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/bryant-mcgill/) - [Matshona Dhliwayo 143 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/matshona-dhliwayo/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 136 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-thomas-merton-90507.jpg) Thomas Merton 119 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/thomas-merton/) - [Mehmet Murat Ildan 116 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [Janvier Chouteu-Chando 113 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/janvier-chouteu-chando/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-confucius-24951.jpg) Confucius 112 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/confucius/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dejan-stojanovic-28518.jpg) Dejan Stojanovic 97 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/dejan-stojanovic/) - [Benny Bellamacina 93 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/benny-bellamacina/) ## More by Nirmala Srivastava > [Unless and until you introspect you cannot even respect yourself. You cannot even love yourself. If you love yourself you will introspect and find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/unless-and-until-you-introspect-you-cannot-even-respect-yourself-you/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [As in any machine, all the wires must be connected to the mains through one main wire. In the same way, you all must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/as-in-any-machine-all-the-wires-must-be-connected-to-the-mains/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [Now the stage today is to know that Self Realization gives you experiences and then your faith is established. Not blind but open enlightened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/now-the-stage-today-is-to-know-that-self-realization-gives-you/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [The wisdom or the essence of Guru Tattwa is a balance. Like when you maintain a plant, if you do not give it water…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/the-wisdom-or-the-essence-of-guru-tattwa-is-a-balance-like-when-you/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [Through Sahaja Yoga what happens to you, that you become a collective personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/through-sahaja-yoga-what-happens-to-you-that-you-become-a-collective/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/politicians-should-be-dedicated-to-the-welfare-of-the-people-but/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [Wisdom can only come through honest introspection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/wisdom-can-only-come-through-honest-introspection/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [What do you have to surrender? A drop has to dissolve into the ocean to become the ocean. And a drop cannot be greater…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/what-do-you-have-to-surrender-a-drop-has-to-dissolve-into-the-ocean/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [To be generous is the best way to live in this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/to-be-generous-is-the-best-way-to-live-in-this-world/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [When we are not realized, we are moving on the periphery, like a wheel and we are disturbed. But a realized soul is on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/when-we-are-not-realized-we-are-moving-on-the-periphery-like-a-wheel/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [Ego and conditionings are created by mind, which is a myth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/ego-and-conditionings-are-created-by-mind-which-is-a-myth/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [Love is not something dead, like a stone. When it melts, it encompasses everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/love-is-not-something-dead-like-a-stone-when-it-melts-it-encompasses/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [Freedom is when you really get your own powers which are within you. In your central nervous system and in your conscious mind, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/freedom-is-when-you-really-get-your-own-powers-which-are-within-you/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [What is yoga ? In simple words, it is taking your attention to the Spirit. This is yoga. What does the kundalini do ?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/what-is-yoga-in-simple-words-it-is-taking-your-attention-to-the/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) > [Before knowing the truth, if you depend on your intelligence, you can be misled completely. Intelligence that is without the spiritual insight is your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nirmala-srivastava/before-knowing-the-truth-if-you-depend-on-your-intelligence-you-can/) [Nirmala Srivastava](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nirmala-srivastava/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wisdom/nirmala-srivastava/#itemlist", "name": "Best Wisdom Wisdom by Nirmala Srivastava", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "To think that the woman is dominated by man or man is dominated by woman comes from a kind of a complex and this complex must be given up. You are complimentary to each other. You decorate each other. Never talk ill of your husbands and never talk ill of your wives. 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