Top 58 Sri Chinmoy Quotes



Not what happens to youBut how you accept itIs of paramount importance.

 

Yesterday I was clever,That is why I wanted to change the world.Today I am wise,That is why I am changing myself.

 

I am very happyBecause I have conquered myselfAnd not the world.I am very happyBecause I have loved the worldAnd not myself.

 

You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does

 

Hope is sweet.Hope is illumining.Hope is fulfilling.Hope can be everlasting.Therefore, do not give up hope,Even in the sunset of your life.

 

Hope knows no fear.Hope dares to blossom even inside the abysmal abyss.Hope secretly feeds and strengthens promise.

 

Death is not the endDeath can never be the end.Death is the road.Life is the traveller.The Soul is the Guide…Our mind thinks of death.Our heart thinks of lifeOur soul thinks of Immortality

 

Death is not the end death can never be the end. Death is the road. Life is the traveller. The Soul is the Guide

 

Deepen your faith in yourself.Nothing will be ableTo frighten or weaken you.

 

If failure has the strength to turn your life into bitterness itself, then patience has the strength to turn your life into the sweetest joy. Do not surrender to fate after a single failure. Failure, at most, precedes success.

 

Man invents war. Man discovers peace. He invents war from without. He discovers peace from within. War man throws. Peace man sows. The smile of war is the flood of human blood. The smile of peace is the love, below, above.

 

Just one smileImmensely increases the beauty Of the universe.

 

If we can feel that it is not our voice, not our fingers, but some reality deep inside our heart which is expressing itself, then we will know that it is the soul’s music.

 

World-peace can be achieved when the power of love replaces the love of power.

 

Have little,Need less:This is the wayTo inner peace.Surrender is a journeyFrom the outer turmoilTo the inner peace.PeaceIs in inner awakening,And this inner awakeningWe must shareWith the rest of the world.

 

When you are right, everything around you is right, for the beautiful flow that is inside your heart has the capacity to spread its fragrance of oneness-light all around you.

 

Your mind has a flood of questions.There is but one teacherWho can answer them.Who is that teacher?Your silence-loving heart.

 

Beyond speech and mind,Into the river of ever-effulgent LightMy heart dives.Today thousands of doors, closed for millennia,Are opened wide.

 

Try not to change the world. You will fail. Try to love the world. Lo, the world is changed. Changed forever.

 

Love the world. Otherwise, you will be forced to carry the heaviest load: your own bitter self.

 

Not by blaming the world, not by shunning the world, but only be loving the world can I have peace of mind

 

Hope abides; therefore I abide.Countless frustrations have not cowed me.I am still alive, vibrant with life.The black cloud will disappear,The morning sun will appear once againIn all its supernal glory.

 

True inner joy is self-created.It does not depend on outer circumstances.A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy.This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.

 

If we feel inwardly strong, we will have no need or desire to speak ill of others.

 

If you want to understand yourself,Then do not examine yourself.Just love yourself more sincerely,More soulfullyAnd more self-givingly.

 

Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.

 

I meditateSo that I can inundateMy entire beingWith the omnipotent power of peace.

 

The inner light actually comes from the soul; it is already inside us. The moment we can have free access to our soul, we will see that this light is coming to the fore to permeate our whole outer existence.

 

I shall now call myself;I shall now call.In the forest of my heart, seeing myself,I shall love myself and love myself.I shall be my own quest,My absolute wealth.The journey of light supreme will commenceIn the heart of freedom.

 

I begin by imagining The impossibleAnd end by accomplishingThe impossible.

 

Be kind, be all sympathy,For each and every human beingIs forced to fight against himself.

 

If we feel secureIn the depths of our heart,We shall not challenge anybody,For inner confidenceIs nothing short ofComplete satisfaction.

 

To make the fastest progress,Be an absolutely cheerfulHero-warriorAnd take both victory and failureAs parallel experience riversLeading to the sea Of progress-delight.

 

In between your failure-treeAnd your triumph-tree,The tree that is growingIs known as your patience-tree.

 

The language of the heartIs the only languageThat everybody can understand.

 

Hate is often an obverse form of love.You hate someone whom you really wish to love but whom you cannot love.

 

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.

 

Do you want to change the world?Then change yourself first.Do you want to change yourself?Then remain completely silent inside the silence-sea.

 

Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker’s life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.

 

Gratitude is pure happiness.Happiness is sure perfection.

 

True gratitude can never comeFrom the mind.It has to flow from the heartTo the mind, vital and bodyUntil everything that we have and areIs a sea of gratitude.

 

When we encourage othersWith no personal motives,We raise high, very high,Humanity’s progress-standard.

 

When I think good thoughts, I feel that man is not, after all, so bad.

 

What you powerfully holdIn your thought-worldWill make you eitherA street beggarOr a great king.

 

Patience, increasing patience,Is all we needTo be victoriousIn the battlefield of life.

 

Look at your heart-flower and smile.You will be able to solve your most pressing problems.

 

No matter how fleeting Your smile is,Your smile is the very beginningOf your wisdom-light.

 

Every second a seeker can start over,For his life’s mistakesAre initial draftsAnd not the final version.

 

Do you want to make progress? If so, then take each problem not as a challenging rival, but as an encouraging friend of yours, who is helping you to arrive at your ultimate destination.

 

The word “impossible” is only in the mindAnd not in the heart.If we can remain in the heart,There will be no end to our progress.

 

I love my enemies for two reasons: they inspire me to recognise my weakness. They also inspire me to perfect my imperfect nature.

 

Do you want to be happy?Then make your life as soulfully simple As sleeplessly breathing.

 

Run and become.Become and run.Run to succeed in the outer world.Become to proceed in the inner world.

 

Now is the time to make good use of time.Today is the day to begin a perfect day.

 

Listen to the inner light; it will guide you. Listen to inner peace; it will feed you. Listen to inner love; it will transform you, it will divinise you, it will immortalise you.

 

Your heart will be shattered by sorrow if you force it to live in tomorrow’s ephemeral imagination – world instead of in today’s eternal reality – now.

 

If the inner world is inundated with peace, then the nightmare of world war cannot even come into being.

 

Smile, smile, smile at your mind as often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce your mind’s tearing tension.

 

 

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