Quotes Mirra Alfassa – The Mother

Mirra Alfassa (21 February 1878 – 17 November 1973), known to her followers as The Mother, was the spiritual collaborator of Sri Aurobindo. Her full name at birth was Blanche Rachel Mirra Alfassa. Sri Aurobindo considered her an incarnation of the Mother Divine and called her by that name: “The Mother”. On November 24, 1926 later declared as Siddhi day (victory day) and still celebrated by Sri Aurobindo Ashram [31] as Mirra and Aurobindo claimed that overmind Consciousness had manifested directly on earth allowing the possibility for Human consciousness to be directly aware and be in the overmind consciousness.

When one does not progress one feels bored.

It is not because a thing is difficult that one should give it up, on the contrary, the more a thing is difficult the more determined should one be to succeed it.

Whatsoever has courage can give courage to others just as the flame of the candle can light up another.

Do not conquer the difficulties there is more power in a smile than in a sigh.