Amritanandamayi Ashram Quotes & Sayings

Moral vices prosper by dressing themselves as virtues. — Kenneth Minogue

I'm just a normal mother with the same struggles as any other mother who's trying to do everything at once and trying to be a wife and maintain a relationship. There's absolutely nothing perfect about my life, but I just try hard. — Gwyneth Paltrow

It's more interesting isn't it, if I've got a hedonistic dark side? — Michael Fassbender

People who have seen me read usually come up afterwards and invite me to be a part of something. — Amber Tamblyn

Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable. — Evangelos Venizelos

When I make mistakes, I just get on with it. I don't try to impress with that killer pass to make sure everybody notices me. — Charlie Adam

The many men, so beautiful! And they all dead did lie: And a thousand thousand slimy things Lived on; and so did I. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

striving to be a master of the universe — Niall Ferguson

They stood together in a false intimacy, a nervous contact. And he was in love with her. — D.H. Lawrence

As I grew into womanhood my confusion at the world became more apparent. I was taking comfort in behaviours that were familiar, not bathing, wearing multiple layers of clothes and, like my mother, I was bingeing on food. Of course I was still very much a lonely unsupported child myself when I got pregnant - one who had never been nurtured or mothered and as such I struggled with the responsibilities of parenthood. — Jane Hersey

Our governments have only occasionally recognized the need of land and people to be protected against economic violence. It is true that economic violence is not always as swift, and is rarely as bloody, as the violence of war, but it can be devastating nonetheless. — Wendell Berry

Those who are successful at creating social epidemics do not just do what they think is right. They deliberately test their intuitions. — Malcolm Gladwell

The ashram is Mother's body. Mother's soul is in Her children. Children, all the service done for the ashram, is done for Mother. The ashram is not anyone's private property. It is the means to provide peace and quietude for the entire world. — Mata Amritanandamayi

The world looks like it was designed. Of course, the Sun also looks like it goes around the Earth. It is only thru science that we know that both of these perceptions are wrong. — Mark Thomas

I'm not comfortable as a lead singer. Maybe I could do it in the studio, but I wouldn't have the confidence to play shows. — Adam Schlesinger

Try to spend at least 2 or 3 days every month in an ashram. Just breathing the pure air there will purify and strengthen our bodies and minds. Like recharging the batteries, even after returning home we will be able to continue our meditation and japa. — Mata Amritanandamayi