Quotes from The Mother

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.

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.

The Divine is what you adore in Sri Aurobindo.

Be grateful for all ordeals, they are the shortest way to the Divine.

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

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.

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

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

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

Gratitude: A humble recognition of all that the Divine has done and is doing for you. Words Of The Mother, vol.14, p.162

Consider the Divine Life as the most important thing to obtain.

You take up the spiritual path only when you feel you cannot do otherwise.

In silence, the consciousness grows. It aspires to know You more and more perfectly. More Answers From The Mother, vol 17, p.380

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Let the Divine Presence be always with you.

Whatever you do, always remember the Divine. 5 May 1954

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

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