Sarada Devi Quotes

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• 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…
• 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.
• One should not hurt others even by words. One must not speak an unpleasant truth unnecessarily.
• 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…
• The happiness of the world is transitory. The less you become attached to the world, the more you enjoy peace of mind.
• There is no treasure equal to contentment and no virtue equal to fortitude.
• 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…
• 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…
• I am the mother of the wicked, as I am the mother of the virtuous. Never fear. Whenever you are in distress, say to yourself,…
• 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…
• Ordinary human love results in misery. Love for God brings blessedness.
• 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…
• 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…
• Desire may be compared to a minute seed. It is like a big banyan tree growing out of a seed, which is no bigger than…
• I can never refuse anyone who addresses me as Mother.
• 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…
• Let me tell you how to love all equally. Do not demand anything of those you love. If you make demands, some will give you…
• The conjunction of the day and the night is the most auspicious time for calling on God. The mind remains pure at this time.
• 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…
• One must be patient like the earth. What iniquities are being perpetuated on her! Yet she quietly endures them all.

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