Sister Nivedita
"To me it has always appeared that she is Sri Ramakrishna's final word as to the ideal of Indian womanhood.but is she the last of an old order, or the begnnning of a new? In her, one sees realized wisdom and sweetness to which the simplest of women may attain. And yet, to myself the stateliness of her courtesy and her great open mind are almost as wonderful as her sainthood."

Sister Devamata
"Those who had the the rare blessing of living with the Holy Mother learned that religion was a sweet, natural joyous thing, that purity and holiness were tangible realities, that the odour of sanctity was literally a sweet perfume overlaying and destroying the foulness of material selfishness. Compassion, devotion, God-union were her very nature, one scarcely knew that she possessed them. It was through the soothing benediction of a word or touch that one sensed their presence."


Elizabeth Davidson
"As we meditate on the Holy Mother, the endless waves of desires and attachments are stilled; through her the clashing fragments of experience fall into their proper places and perspective. Feeling her pure and loving presence in our hearts, a new tranqility is born, and we are assured that through constant striving our human will must ultimately become united with the will fo God."