The Mother > Quotes

“...you carry in yourself all the obstacles necessary to make your realization perfect. Always you will see that within you the shadow and the light are equal: you have an ability, you also have the negation of this ability. But, if you discover a very black hole, a thick shadow, be sure that somewhere in you there is a great light. It is up to you to know how to use the one to realize the other.”
― The Mother

“To Be young is to be always ready to give up what we are in order to become what we must be.
To be young is never to accept the irreparable.
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― The Mother

“The Divine is what you adore in Sri Aurobindo.”
― The Mother

“Be grateful for all ordeals, they are the shortest way to the Divine.”
― The Mother, Words of the Mother - II

“You can multiply your possibilities, enlarge and increase them... When one discovers one's psychic being within, at the same time there develop and manifest, quite unexpectedly, things one could not do at all before and which one didn't think were in one's nature.

MCW, vol. 9, Questions and Answers 1957-1958, p.396”
― The Mother

“The path is long, but self-surrender makes it short; the way is difficult, but perfect trust makes it easy.”
― The Mother

“This is faithfulness, to admit and to manifest no other movements but only the movements prompted and guided by the Divine.

Words Of The Mother, vol.14, p.164”
― The Mother

“From the point of view of a spiritual life, it is not what you do that matters most, but the way in which it is done and the
consciousness you put into it. Remember always the Divine and all you do will be an expression of the Divine Presence.
When all your actions are consecrated to the Divine, there will be no longer activities that are superior and activities that
are inferior; all will have an equal importance — the value given them by the consecration.”
― The Mother

“Let us offer our work to the Divine; this is the sure means of progressing. Go and prepare yourself and the best preparation is to be useful to the Divine's work.

Works Of The Mother, vol.14, p.319”
― The Mother

“People do not know how important is faith, how faith is miracle, creator of miracles. If you expect at every moment to be lifted up and pulled towards the Divine, He will come to lift you and He will be there, quite close, closer, ever closer.

MCW, vol. 13, Words of the Mother - I, p.76”
― The Mother

“Gratitude: A humble recognition of all that the Divine has done and is doing for you.

Words Of The Mother, vol.14, p.162”
― The Mother

“Be only a burning fire for progress, take whatever comes to you as an aid to your progress and immediately make whatever progress is required.

Works Of The Mother, vol.12, p.33”
― The Mother

“O Supreme Lord of the universe, we implore Thee, give us the strength and beauty, the harmonious perfection needed to be Thy divine instruments upon earth."

Works Of The Mother, Notes On The Way vol.11, p.91”
― The Mother

“Turn your mind completely away from your difficulty,
concentrate exclusively on the Light and
the Force coming from above;
let the Lord do for your body whatever He pleases.
Hand over to Him totally the entire responsibility
of your physical being.

ref. Words Of The Mother, vol 15, p.150”
― The Mother

“It is by persevering that one conquers difficulties, not by running away from them. One who perseveres is sure to triumph. Victory goes to the most enduring. Always do your best and the Lord will take care of the results.

Words of The Mother, vol.14, p.173”
― The Mother

“You take up the spiritual path only when you feel you cannot do otherwise.”
― The Mother, Words of the Mother - II

“Consider the Divine Life as the most important thing to obtain.”
― The Mother, Words of the Mother - II

“In silence, the consciousness grows. It aspires to know You more and more perfectly.

More Answers From The Mother, vol 17, p.380”
― The Mother

“Never seek support elsewhere than in the Divine. Never seek satisfaction elsewhere than in the Divine. Never seek the satisfaction of your needs in anyone else than the Divine - never, for anything at all.

The Spiritual Significance of Flowers, p.73”
― The Mother

“There is a thirst for Love which no human relation can quench. It is only the Divine's love that can satisfy that thirst.

MCW, vol 14, Words Of The Mother II, p.121”
― The Mother

“We can, simply by a sincere aspiration, open a sealed door in us and find... that Something which will
change the whole significance of life, reply to all our questions, solve all our problems and lead us to the
perfection we aspire for without knowing it, to that Reality which alone can satisfy us and give us lasting joy, equilibrium, strength, life.
All have heard it - Oh! there are even some here who are so used to it that for them it seems to be the
same thing as drinking a glass of water or opening a window to let in the sunlight....
We have tried a little, but now we are going to try seriously!
The starting-point: to want it, truly want it, to need it. The next step: to think, above all, of that. A
day comes, very quickly, when one is unable to think of anything else.
That is the one thing which counts. And then... One formulates one’s aspiration, lets the true prayer
spring up from one’s heart, the prayer which expresses the sincerity of the need. And then... well, one will see what happens.
Something will happen. Surely something will happen. For each one it will take a different form.”
― The Mother, Questions and Answers 1957-1958

“Turn your mind completely away from your difficulty, concentrate exclusively on the Light and the Force coming from above; let the Lord do for your body whatever He pleases. Hand over to Him totally the entire responsibility of your physical being.

Words Of The Mother, vol 15, p.150”
― The Mother

“Let the Divine Presence be always with you.”
― The Mother, Words of the Mother - II

“I am on earth because it is on earth that the divine work must he done, and for no other reason.

Works of the Mother, vol. 17, p.119”
― The Mother

“Whatever you do, always remember the Divine.
5 May 1954”
― The Mother, Words of the Mother - II

“In fact, if one reads attentively what Sri Aurobindo has written, all that he has written, one would have the answer to every question.”
― The Mother, Questions and Answers 1957-1958

“The Divine manifests upon earth whenever and wherever it is possible.”
― The Mother, Words of the Mother - II

“We can, simply by a sincere aspiration, open a sealed door in us and find... that Something which will change the whole significance of life, reply to all our questions, solve all our problems and lead us to the perfection we aspire for without knowing it, to that Reality which alone can satisfy us and give us lasting joy, equilibrium, strength, life.

All have heard it - Oh! there are even some here who are so used to it that for them it seems to be the same thing as drinking a glass of water or opening a window to let in the sunlight....

We have tried a little, but now we are going to try seriously!

The starting-point: to want it, truly want it, to need it. The next step: to think, above all, of that. A day comes, very quickly, when one is unable to think of anything else.

That is the one thing which counts. And then... One formulates one’s aspiration, lets the true prayer spring up from one’s heart, the prayer which expresses the sincerity of the need. And then... well, one will see what happens.

Something will happen. Surely something will happen. For each one it will take a different form.”
― The Mother, Questions and Answers 1957-1958

“in order to really possess knowledge, whatever it may be, you must put it into practice, that is, master your
nature so as to be able to express this knowledge in action. ... You are still very young, but you must learn right away that to reach the goal you must know how to pay the price, and that to understand the supreme truths you must put them into practice in your daily life. That’s all.”
― The Mother, Questions and Answers 1957-1958

“The complete knowledge comes when the mind is purified and disciplined, the intellect is sharp and precise, and reason is illumined by the inner light of intuition and experience. Then only does the human being attain true wisdom.”
— The Mother”
― The Mother