Sri Chinmoy Quotes

By hating that person, you have lost something very sweet in yourself.

If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.

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

I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself.

No price is too great to pay for inner peace.

To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.

My heart's gratitude Is My life's plenitude.

Life is nothing but the expansion of love. We can cultivate divine love by entering into the Source. The Source is God, who is all Love.

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

What is meditation? Meditation is our conscious awareness of something vast and infinite within us. Meditation grants us Peace, Light and Bliss.

Never worry about things That you are unable to change. Change your own way Of looking at truth.

Love is hope. Hope is nectar.

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.

If you really want to love humanity, then you have to love humanity as it is now.

Before one accepts spirituality, astrology is very powerful, like a lion. Then when one enters into a deeper spiritual life, astrology becomes a tiny household cat.

Gratitude is not a mere word; it is not a mere concept. It is the living breath of your real existence on earth.

Peace does not mean the absence of war, peace means the presence of harmony, love, satisfaction and oneness. Peace means a flood of love in the world family.

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

When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into the deeper part of our being. At that time, we are able to bring to the fore the wealth that we have deep within us.

Instead of telling the world What it is supposed to do, Why don't you immediately do it yourself? In this way, I assure you, Your happiness will be surprisingly multiplied.

Next to meditation is music, soulful music, the music that stirs and elevates our aspiring consciousness.

Before the final curtain goes down On my life, I shall say to my Mother-Earth, "My gratitude-heart is all for you, All for you."

Every day there is only one thing to learn: how to be honestly happy.

This mind is the doubting mind, and in the doubting mind we can never feel the presence of peace. We can feel the presence of peace only in the loving heart.

Determination can change your mind. Determination can change your heart. Determination can change your life altogether.

A gratitude-heart Is to discover on earth A Heaven-delivered rose

Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment.

A moment's truth can and shall make the world beautiful. A moment's peace can and shall save the world. A moment's love can and shall make the world perfect.

I did not come into the world to prove anything. I came into the world to love everyone and everything.

God's first Smile was born The day humanity awoke To His Light.

Only one flagFlies above all the rest:The flag of universal oneness.

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.

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

Hope and faith are two intimate brothers; they always go together. Hope nourishes faith and faith treasures hope.

God can be seen Even by the poorest fool, But not by the self-styled, God-arguing Intellectual giants.

Gratitude is pure happiness. Happiness is sure perfection.

Sympathy does not think. It acts. It acts to remove. The ceaseless sufferings. Of the world

Let us serve the world soulfully. The pay we will receive for our service will be in the currency of gratitude, God's gratitude, God the only gratitude.

There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved.

God does not care If I am bad or good- He wants my love, Not my sainthood.

Cry within. Meditate within. Dive within. Your inner achievements will far outweigh your outer imperfections.

True humility means giving joy to others.

When I meditate, I feel I am vast, very vast.

Impossibility is a dictionary word.

Complete and total perfection will come about only when we feel that our perfection is no perfections as long as the rest of humanity remains imperfect.

Hope is not mere wishful thinking. It is the precursor of a new dawn that slowly, steadily and unerringly comes to the fore and eventually grows into reality's existence.

Even the tiniest of hopes can show me the way to arrive at my goal.

Do not try to entrap others with your haughty knowledge. To your wide surprise, they will entrap you with their lengthy ignorance.

Our goal is self-transcendence

In my weightlifting I am trying to show that if you pray and meditate, you can bring to the fore your inner strength. Now, if somebody is really inwardly strong, he is always at peace.