Amritanandamayi Quotes

Where there is love, distance doesn't matter.

True happiness is when the love that is within us finds expression in external activities.

In times of tragedies, our duty is to lend a helping hand to those in grief and thus light lamps of kindness and compassion.

We cannot change situations in life, but we can change our attitude towards them

We are all beads strung together on the same thread of love

There are many kinds of powers in the world — military power, power of the written word, intellectual power. We’ve tried and failed to bring peace with these kind of powers. The greatest power is the power of love.

Religion is the secret of life. It teaches us to love, to serve, to forgive, to endure, and to interact with our brothers and sisters with empathy and compassion. Advaita (non-duality) is a purely subjective experience. But in daily life it may be expressed as love and compassion. This is the great lesson taught by the great saints and sages of India, the exponents of Sanatana Dharma.

No matter who causes you grief, take your complaints to the meditation room, where your real friend is.