I belong to no nation, no civilization, no society, no race, but to the Divine. I obey no master, no ruler, no law, no social convention, but the Divine. To Him I have surrendered all, will, life and self; for Him I am ready to give all my blood, drop by drop, if such is His will, with complete joy, and nothing in His service can be sacrifice, for all is perfect delight.

Statement in Japan (February 1920), in Collected Works of The Mother, Volume 2, Words of Long Ago, p.166; also quoted in The Mother: The Story of Her Life (2000) by George Van Vrekhem, p. 193 ; this is sometimes published in a variant translation: "I belong to no nation, no civilization, no society, no race, but to the Divine. I obey no master, no rules, no law, no social convention, but the Divine."