Day 3
Mrs. Kirtana Kumar
Writer, Director, Actor, Producer, India
What we need today, more than ever before, would be an affirmation of each of our individual inner selves if we can extend ourselves to eachother and express ourselves in any way, that will move mankind towards love, compassion and eternal bliss.
Ms. Sally Linder
Contemporary American Visiual Artist & Painter, USA
I believe that image and form have the power to expand consciousness to generate social transformation. I believe that image and form have the power to expand consciousness to generate social transformation.
Dr. Veena Lutchman
Lecturer, university of Durban - west ville, South Africa
All of us here must make sure we are involved in the nation building in some way.Choose what ever your heart really gravitates towards, and work (For that) so, all of us can live happily, harmoniously and with peace in our selves.
Ms. Janelle Cugley
Visual and multimedia artist Australia
The role of the artist ,of women and indigenous community, is less defined and push down in society. I believe it is the role of artist to bring these up to awareness.
Smt. Jaya Row
Founder, Vedantha Vision India, India
When you work in the spirit of sacrifice, and you feel ones towards all creatures, you will bless with the most serendipitous experiences when you work in the spirit of sacrifice, and you feel ones towards all creatures, you will bless with the most serendipitous experiences.
Rajayogini Bramha Kumari Asha
Director, Home Shanti Retret Centre, New Delhi, India
How nice it would it be daily if we could hold the Mother Earth in our hands, and give it the powerful vibration of peace and happiness. Very soon, this world would become a better world.
Sister Bernadette
Sisters of Divine Providence San Antonio, U.S.A
Speaking of how prayer, meditation and reading of spiritual toughts are intergrated in to the daily activity of the Sisters - you always have to feed this spirit of if you are going to do service.
Pravarjika Vivekaparna
Senior N, Sri Sarada Math, India
Having given an account of famous Hindu myth, when the ocean was churned to obtain the nectar-“I can see that the goddess this alive (Here) and you are churning the ocean the ocean in the every possible way.
Mrs. Bharathi Ramachandran
Founder, Spark Leadership
It is critical that as women, we stand up for ourselves, own the strength that we have, believe in ourselves and have self confidence.
Smt.Vasanti Narayan
Faculty, Art of Living, India
We have to feel the presence of ourselves as the Divine gift this world. It is possible to bring the transformation again in or life, in all the women’s lives, just by getting to the spiritual aspects of ourselves.
Dr. Gulrukh Bala
Founder, Heartlight Ascension, India
We all have in every breath a moment of choice, How I exercise my moment of choice enters into my thought creates my thought and every cell in my body eavesdrops on every thought.
Ms. Kiran Bedi
Indian Police Service, India
We must go with in ourselves and asks: How did I perform my duties for the day? How well did I serve whomever I was supposed to serve? Could I do it in a better, happier, more compassionate, giving and qualitative enhancing way.
Smt. Sathya Saran
Former Editor, Femina India
If each of us bring wisdom ( Saraswati) into our lives, and each of us takes one person and teaches her – not education alone but the values of life then we have all done our duty.
Ms. Jennifer Ferguson
Singer – Songwriter, South Africa
When we face our largest obstacle, we expose the most vulnerable side of ourselves. The strength of Women can stop a bulldozer in its path, it can stop an army.
Mrs. Ibtisam Mahameed
Co-founder, Women’s Interfaith Encounter, Israel
I feel that knowledge is a wealth, Without knowledge, our life is worthless. Even if we want to be leaders, we cannot be good leaders without knowledge.
Ms. Pauline De’Fry
Australia
Non-violent communication is something new violence is built in to our language, we need to look at our language more carefully.
Ms. Devika Bhojwani
Vice President Women’s Cancer Intitiative, Tata Memorial Hospital, India
We have to educate ourselves, we have to believe we have the strength – we are those pillars upon whose shoulders the whole world rests.
Mrs. Leslie Elkus
U.S.A.
Women have really changed society in the U.S.A. – Women against drunk drivers, Women against guns and it is women who really want to make the change as mothers, we do not want children of the next generation to sufer.
Ms. Patricia Lambert
Legal Adviser to the Hon’ble Minister of Health, South Africa
The experience of sisterhood, of the strength in women, of the grace of the women, that I have experienced here, is something I will take with me for the rest of my life.
Isabella M. Bleas
Senior private sector development specialist
from the World Bank Institute
She said on one occasion this had brought together an Israel and a Palestinian activist providing them with an opportunity to work to together although their nations were virtually at war the time.
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