Top 350 Sri Chinmoy Quotes (2024 Update)
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201. “When I think good thoughts, I feel that man is not, after all, so bad.”

— Sri Chinmoy

202. “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.”

— Sri Chinmoy

203. “When you invent something, there will always be people to criticise. God’s creation is full of critics, but has God given up His creation because of the critics?”

— Sri Chinmoy

204. “A human being has many divine qualities. But there has never been another unparalleled divine quality like man’s self-sacrifice, nor can there ever be.”

— Sri Chinmoy

205. “Daring enthusiasm And abiding cheerfulness Can accomplish everything on earth Without fail.”

— Sri Chinmoy

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

— Sri Chinmoy

207. “Meditation gives us peace of mind without a tranquilizer. And unlike a tranquilizer, the peace of mind that we get from meditation does not fade away. It lasts for good in some corner of the inmost recesses of our aspiring heart.”

— Sri Chinmoy

208. “Goodness Is oneness-love In perfect action.”

— Sri Chinmoy

209. “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.”

— Sri Chinmoy

210. “There is no greater miracle than our conscious efforts to become good human beings.”

— Sri Chinmoy

211. “The beckoning Hands Of God’s hopeful Smile Will, without fail, one day greet The fruitful cries Of man’s prayerful heart.”

— Sri Chinmoy

212. “Our goal is to go from bright to brighter to brightest, from high to higher to highest. And even in the highest, there is no end to our progress, for God Himself is inside each of us and God at every moment is transcending His own Reality.”

— Sri Chinmoy

213. “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.”

— Sri Chinmoy

214. “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.”

— Sri Chinmoy

215. “To come back to the secret of inner peace, our questioning and doubting mind is always wanting in peace. Our loving and dedicated heart is always flooded with inner peace.”

— Sri Chinmoy

216. “You and I create the world by the vibrations that we offer to the world.”

— Sri Chinmoy

217. “There is nothing more powerful than peace.”

— Sri Chinmoy

218. “Meditation tells you only one thing: God is. Meditation reveals to you only one truth: yours is the vision of God.”

— Sri Chinmoy

219. “You fool, You have been dangling For such a long time! When will you seize the opportunity Or feel the necessity To untangle the taut knot Of your bondage-life?”

— Sri Chinmoy

220. “Once we have this inner peace, world peace can be achieved in the twinkling of an eye.”

— Sri Chinmoy

221. “Our mind thinks of death, our heart thinks of life, and our soul thinks of immortality.”

— Sri Chinmoy

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

— Sri Chinmoy

223. “The way to become happy Is to think And to feel That the very best is yet to come.”

— Sri Chinmoy

224. “Among the fearless soldiers that fight for your victory in life, character has no equal.”

— Sri Chinmoy

225. “No religion is absolutely perfect. Yet not only do we fight for religion, but also are we often willing to sacrifice our lives for it. And what we hopelessly fail to do is to live it. A true religion is that which has no caste, no creed, no colour. It is but an all-uniting and all-pervading embrace.”

— Sri Chinmoy

226. “It is only through meditation that we can get lasting peace, divine peace. If we meditate soulfully in the morning and receive peace for only one minute, that one minute of peace will permeate our whole day. And when we have a meditation of the highest order, then we really get abiding peace, light and delight. We need meditation because we want to grow in light and fulfill ourselves in light. If this is our aspiration, if this is our thirst, then meditation is the only way.”

— Sri Chinmoy

227. “This divine Compassion is spontaneous Delight. In it there is no feeling of separativity, no feeling that one is superior and the other is inferior. No! It is a feeling of oneness.”

— Sri Chinmoy

228. “To follow the crowd Is to miss The destination.”

— Sri Chinmoy

229. “This world of ours has everything save and except one thing: peace. And this peace has to start from within. If I have peace of mind, then only can I be of help to you. If you have peace of mind, then only can you be of help to me.”

— Sri Chinmoy

230. “Of all the gifts You have offered to God, Your happiness-gift He treasures most.”

— Sri Chinmoy

231. “When I was an animal I evolved through selfishness. Now that I am a man my evolution can be achieved only through self-sacrifice.”

— Sri Chinmoy

232. “What comes to me unmistakably is what I carefully or carelessly invite.”

— Sri Chinmoy

233. “How to overcome destructive criticism? Just love a little more. That’s all.”

— Sri Chinmoy

234. “God is the Supreme Musician. It is He who is playing with us, on us and in us. We cannot separate God from His music. The universal Consciousness is constantly being played by the Supreme Himself, and is constantly growing into the Supreme Music.”

— Sri Chinmoy

235. “Do not try to approach God with your thinking mind. It may only stimulate your intellectual ideas, activities, and beliefs. Try to approach God with your crying heart. It will awaken your soulful, spiritual consciousness.”

— Sri Chinmoy

236. “Instead of creating a reason why you cannot love the world, try to create a reason why you should and must love the world.”

— Sri Chinmoy

237. “Once you have established Your inner contact With your inner Pilot, Your life’s transformation-victory Will not remain a far cry.”

— Sri Chinmoy

238. “If you dare to fight against hatred, There is but one weapon: Love.”

— Sri Chinmoy

239. “My soul-bird loves my body-cage Only when it is kept fit, Pure and absolutely immaculate.”

— Sri Chinmoy

240. “Meditation is the eye that sees the Truth, the heart that feels the Truth and the soul that realises the Truth.”

— Sri Chinmoy

241. “If hope is just a mere wish, if it is just like making friends with fantasy, then consciousness will not respond to it. But if it is something significant, like a vision that is trying to blossom inside the heart of an individual, then consciousness will be elevated.”

— Sri Chinmoy

242. “Spirituality tells the seeker not to live in the hoary past, not to live in the remote future, but to live in the immediacy of today, in the eternal Now.”

— Sri Chinmoy

243. “In between your failure-tree And your triumph-tree, The tree that is growing Is known as your patience-tree.”

— Sri Chinmoy

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

— Sri Chinmoy

245. “The secret of inner success is constancy to our highest character. -.”

— Sri Chinmoy

246. “A spiritual life means: It is now or never.”

— Sri Chinmoy

247. “My heart needs only one thing. It needs to be guided Along the age-old path Of life-blossoming self-awareness.”

— Sri Chinmoy

248. “Do not cherish suffering. Don’t act like a fool. Don’t think that your suffering is going to accelerate your spiritual progress.”

— Sri Chinmoy

249. “Is not falling down. Failure Is desiring to live Where I have fallen.”

— Sri Chinmoy

250. “Alas, why does my mind have to walk through the dust of the past every day?”

— Sri Chinmoy