"When you drive, you are doing several things at once. You are using your eyes, ears, hands, your mind. If you have meditated for many years and have reached a lofty height in your meditation, as I have, you can meditate while running and cycling and painting."
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 22 of 23)
453 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"God has blessed me with the capacity to meditate even while I am talking."
"In between your failure-tree And your triumph-tree, The tree that is growing Is known as your patience-tree."
"Character is the colossal hope of human improvement within and without."
"The joy of a self-giving life Can neither be measured Nor be expounded."
"Look at your heart-flower and smile. You will be able to solve your most pressing problems."
"No price is too great to pay for inner peace. Peace is the harmonious control of life. It is vibrant with life-energy. It is a power that easily transcends all our worldly knowledge. Yet it is not separate from our earthly existence. If we open the right avenues within, this peace can be felt here and now."
"If you are already an awakened soul, Then you must realise That God has already given you A supreme task to perform: He wants you to work For His Vision's world-blossoms."
"Human love wants to possess and be possessed by the world. Divine love wants to establish its inseparable oneness with the world and then it wants to divinely enjoy this oneness. Supreme Love transforms human love into divine love and blesses divine love with boundless joy and divine pride."
"Love of the limited self, the very limited self, is another name for human love. Love of the entire world is another name for divine love."
"What does peace do? Peace blossoms. What else? Peace spreads. What else? Peace illumines. What else? Peace fulfils."
"How can I have peace? Not by talking about peace, But by walking Along the road of peace."
"May peace-dreamers And peace-lovers Occupy the length and breadth Of the world."
"Is the world so unbearable? No! What we need is only a little more love for the world."
"Not by talking, but by praying And becoming something good, Can we offer peace to the world."
"Man is by nature a lover. Only he has yet to discover the real thing to love. This quest awakens him to the fulfillment of his real Self."
"Even now when I am answering a question I am at the height of my own meditation."
"At last He is healed of his self-doubt. Now what is happening ? He is awakening To his souls ecstasy-sun."
"You have no idea How much you do for mankind When you love God unconditionally Even for a fleeting moment."
"Do not judge but love and be loved, if you want to be really happy."