“Shri Ganesha is the first Deity that was created so that the whole Universe is filled with auspiciousness, with peace, bliss, and spirituality. He is the source. He’s the source of spirituality. As a result of that all other things follow. Like when it rains and is windy you feel a coolness in the atmosphere. In the same way when Shri Ganesha emits His Power we feel all these three things within and without.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @ginnyvera

“Fanaticism comes through blindness and the truth comes through realization.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @buddha2599

“But He (God) made us so separate and different because we bring beauty in this world. That life is interesting. One leaf of a tree is not just the same as another leaf. Just see the tremendous work of art. In the same artistic way He has created human beings in different manners.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @galina_lutaeva

“First you discover yourself and then discover me.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

“Once you start growing in your self-realization, you develop such a personality that you see the whole world as one.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @nickiwells

“…there are human laws which one should understand. The relationships between each other, the sublimity of their relationship, the purity of their relationship must be understood, and then only you can have a very, very happy married life, which is the basis.” © Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, photo @loveamerica_tour