Amma Quotes

Look carefully at what is of value in others and respect that.

Don't let a culture or society's rules define who you are; you define who you are.

Don't take no as a full stop, treat it like a comma.

What is right can never be impossible.

As people of color, we're left out of history. History is sort of told around us. We're bystanders, we're passive, we're observers. We're never the center of our history.

When you're in political times, you want to reflect those political times, and sometimes going back to our past is the best way to look at our present.

People assume thoughts and processes about you that may have nothing to do with you whatsoever, but they make political assumptions and assertions about who you are based on your choice of partner.

Time spent in meditation is as precious as gold.

Rebuilding relationship requires a lifelong discipline and commitment.

forgiveness happens when you know that the other is not responsible.

The Awakened One sees the observer and the observed as one. The unawakened one sees the observer and the observed as different.

To be able to put oneself in another’s position, to be able to see and to feel as another person does, this is the rare gift of an earnest spiritual seeker.