Meditation increases your vitality and strengthens your intelligence... your mental clarity and health improve. You acquire the patience and fortitude to face any problem in life. So, meditate! Only through meditation will you find the treasure you are seeking.

As long as her hands can move a little bit and reach out to those who come to Her, Amma will continue giving darshan.

Being aware of the bondage is enough to free you from its clutches.

Children, we must cultivate reverence towards all great masters, monks and gurus.

Transcending the cycle of death and rebirth is the real purpose of this life in human form.

Whatever is associated with the mind is bound to change. The truth is that which is changeless. It is the Self.

Look at the optimism of Nature. Nothing can stop it. Only the ego makes humans pessimistic, and this causes suffering.

If the goal is to realize the Supreme Being, you should become egoless. That requires self-effort. The sadhak should work hard. He should pray sincerely for the removal of the negative tendencies. This prayer is not to achieve anything or to fulfill any desires. It is to go beyond all achievements. It is to transcend all desires.

Just as food and sleep are necessary for the body, spiritual understanding is needed for a healthy mind.

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

Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.

A seed has to get buried in the soil for its real form as a plant to emerge. Only through modesty and humility can we grow. Pride and conceit will only destroy us. Live with the firm attitude, 'I am everyone's servant.' Then the whole universe will bow down to us.

If we keep holding on to God, there is nothing to fear.

Too much reasoning has spoiled the contemporary mind. People have lost their hearts and faith.

By living in harmony with Nature one gains a healthy mind and body.

We should fill the syllabuses of schools with lessons about love and compassion.

Pray to God: It's all right if you don't love me, but please let me love you!

What makes Amma happy, is to see her children helping others to feel happy.

Progress can be slow and gradual. Continue putting in effort with patience, enthusiasm and faith.

When love overflows and is expressed through every word and deed, we call it compassion. That is the goal of religion.