The Mother's brief statements on various aspects of spiritual life including some conversations.
Part One consists primarily of brief written statements by the Mother on various aspects of spiritual life. Written between the early 1930s and the early 1970s, the statements have been compiled from her public messages, private notes, and correspondence with disciples. About two-thirds of them were written in English; the rest were written in French and appear here in English translation. There are also a small number of spoken comments, most of them in English. Some are tape-recorded messages; others are reports by disciples that were later approved by the Mother for publication. These reports are identified by the symbol § placed at the end. Part Two consists of thirty-two conversations not included elsewhere in the Collected Works. The first six conversations are the earliest recorded conversations of the 1950s' period. About three-fourths of these conversations were spoken in French and appear here in English translation.
If you want to be respected, always be respectable.
Do you wish for kindness? Be kind.
Do you ask for Truth? Be true.
Try to do the good and never forget that God sees you everywhere.
A good deed is sweeter to the heart than a sweet in the mouth.
A day spent without doing a good deed is a day without a soul.
16 October 1951
Do good for the love of good and not in hope of a reward. Be good for the joy of being good and not for the gratefulness of others.
1952
In nice there is pleasantness, but good is good and can be without pleasantness.
There is only one way of being right, but there are many ways of being wrong.
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All will be all right when you are all right.
17 November 1952
Let the consciousness work in you and through you and everything will become all right.
10 April 1954
Pray to the Divine Grace to make you do always the right thing in the right way.
Always do what you know to be the best even if it is the most difficult thing to do.
2 May 1954
Which is the easiest way to forget oneself? Always do the right thing in the right way and at the right moment.
Every day, at each moment, we shall aspire to do the right thing in the right way, always.
22 June 1954
It is only when we are not disturbed that we can always do the right thing at the right time and in the right way.
It is always the right thing when it is done in the right spirit.
24 August 1957
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Whatever comes to you, if you take it in the right spirit, will turn for the best.
Correct movement: all movements under the right inspiration.
Turning of wrong movements into right: an extreme goodwill always ready to be transformed.
There is a moment when the right attitude comes spontaneously and without effort.
Aspiration for the right attitude: energetic, willing, determined.
Right attitude: simple and open, it is without any complications.
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