"Be kind, be all sympathy, for each and every human being is forced to fight against himself."
Sri Chinmoy
Spiritual Teacher, Poet, Musician
Sri Chinmoy was a spiritual leader and author known for his teachings on peace, meditation, and inner strength, emphasizing the importance of self-discovery.
- Born
- August 27, 1931
- Died
- October 11, 2007
- Quotes
- 453
- Rank
- #270
Quote collection
Sri Chinmoy quotes (page 11 of 23)
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"If you want to simplify your life, meditation is the answer. If you want to fulfil your life, meditation is the answer. If you want to have joy and offer joy to the world at large, then meditation is the only answer."
"The problem with fault-findingIs that he who finds fault with othersIs in no way a happy person Even after he has successfully Accomplished his task."
"Gratitude is the creative force, the mother and father of love. It is in gratitude that real love exists. Love expands only when gratitude is there. Limited love does not offer gratitude. Limited love is immediately bound by something- by constant desires or constant demands. But when it is unlimited love, constant love, then gratitude comes to the fore. This love becomes all gratitude."
"The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten."
"Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner. Knowledge is a friend, even to its hater. Ignorance hates knowledge because it is too pure. Knowledge fears ignorance because it is too sure."
"Forgive, you will have happiness. Forget, you will have satisfacton. Forgive and forget, You will have everlasting peace Within and without."
"Consciousness is the inner spark or inner link in us, the golden link within us that connects our highest and most illumined part with our lowest and most unillumined part. Consciousness is the connecting link between Heaven and earth."
"God has not forgotten To give us peace. He is just waiting for us To ask for it."
"Where love is thick, faults are thin. If you really love someone, then it is difficult to find fault with him. His faults seem negligible, for love means oneness."
"Of all the gifts You have offered to God, Your happiness-gift He treasures most."
"The entire world may not change. The entire world cannot change. The entire world even will not change. But your tiny world you can and will change forever at this very moment with the help of your confidence-heart. Yours will be the unparalleled victory."
"O kindle the fire of happiness ! Therein I shall see The door of friendliness, The room of greatness And the palace of godness. I shall see, I shall see."
"At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better."
"Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our inner wisdom-light."
"Hatred is a disguised form of love. You can only hate someone whom you really wish to love, because if you were totally indifferent to that person, you could not even get up enough energy to hate him."
"One who has an inferiority complex can never be really humble, but can only have false modesty or false humility."
"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."
"Paradise is not a place; it's a state of consciousness."
"Each good thought that you have encouraged and nourished is your life's true work of art."