"If you do not find peace inside your own heart, then you will not find it anywhere else on earth."
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 12 of 23)
453 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"How to overcome destructive criticism? Just love a little more. That's all."
"Who is the winner? Not he who wins but he who has established his cheerful oneness with the result, which is an experience in the form of failure or success, a journey forward or a journey backward."
"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."
"Why do we fail? Is it because we are unlucky? Is it because we have not worked very hard? I s it because we have not invoked God's Compassion and Blessings? Is it because God has accepted this failure as an experience He wanted to have in our life? Is it because God has granted this failure to us? Is it because God has willed that we should lose? No! not it is for a different reason that we experience failure. It is for the strengthening of our consciousness that, at times, God grants us defeat."
"What is love? From the spiritual and inner point of view, love is self-expansion. Human love binds and is bound. Divine Love expands, enlarges itself."
"Life is nothing but the expansion of love."
"Yes, I can! I certainly can! I can have A gratitude-flower-heart That shall remain open At all hours."
"When we listen to the Inner Voice, our outer life becomes full of peace."
"When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves."
"Each individual has to know himself. He has to know himself as the infinite, eternal and immortal Consciousness."
"Only two miracles are worth seeing: The miracle of loving And The miracle of forgiving."
"If you want to understand yourself, Then do not examine yourself. Just love yourself more sincerely, More soulfully And more self-givingly."
"You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does"
"Peace we achieve When we do not expect anything From the world, But only give, give, and give Unconditionally What we have and what we are."
"What we call our joy, God calls our perfection. Each human being has come into the world with the message of perfection. Each human being will one day realize the highest Truth. Each human being is destined to be fulfilled. It is the birthright of our soul."
"Music is inspiration, soulful inspiration. It inspires the human in us. Music is manifestation, fruitful manifestation. It manifests the divine in us. Music is satisfaction, supreme satisfaction. It satisfies the Pilot Supreme in us."
"When your love is pure or spiritual, there is no demand, no expectation. There is only the sweetest feeling of spontaneous oneness with the human being or beings concerned."
"Life is effort. So says the body. Life is blessing. So says the soul."
"Outer fire we need to cook. Inner fire we need to liberate. God's Fire we need to love."