Top 350 Sri Chinmoy Quotes (2026 Update)
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251. “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

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

— Sri Chinmoy

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

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

— Sri Chinmoy

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

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256. “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

257. “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

258. “Outer fire we need to cook. Inner fire we need to liberate. God’s Fire we need to love.”

— Sri Chinmoy

259. “Meditation is not an escape. Meditation is the acceptance of life in its totality, with a view to transforming it for the highest manifestation of the divine Truth here on earth.”

— Sri Chinmoy

260. “To free our body from fear what we need is the glorious experience of the soul.”

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

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262. “To succeed in any field, Our enthusiasm-eyes must sparkle and our enthusiasm-hearts Must dance.”

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263. “Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.”

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

— Sri Chinmoy

265. “An unaspiring person always complaints. There is no end to his complaints. He bitterly complains even when the blessings of opportunity knock at his very door.”

— Sri Chinmoy

266. “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.”

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267. “There comes a time in the seeker’s life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved.”

— Sri Chinmoy

268. “Why do we meditate? We meditate precisely because this world of ours has disappointed us and because failure looms large in our day-to-day life. We want fulfillment. We want joy, peace, bliss and perfection within and without. Meditation is the answer, the only answer.”

— Sri Chinmoy

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

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270. “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

271. “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.”

— Sri Chinmoy

272. “All athletes, without fail, are potentially great and good. A great athlete is a little man tirelessly inspired.”

— Sri Chinmoy

273. “The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.”

— Sri Chinmoy

274. “To hope is to send darkest night into exile.”

— Sri Chinmoy

275. “If we feel secure In the depths of our heart, We shall not challenge anybody, For inner confidence Is nothing short of Complete satisfaction.”

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276. “At times to think of one’s outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one’s inner strength is infinitely better.”

— Sri Chinmoy

277. “I take the greatest lesson from compassion – it takes away all the conceit out of my life.”

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

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279. “Either consciously or unconsciously we are searching for the highest Self, which is at once eternal and infinite.”

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

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281. “Our soul lives in Peace and lives for Peace. If we live a life of peace, we are ever enriched and never impoverished. Unhorizoned is our inner peace; like the boundless sky, it encompasses all.”

— Sri Chinmoy

282. “Each child born on earth Is a unique promise of God To God Himself.”

— Sri Chinmoy

283. “Do not judge but love and be loved, if you want to be really happy.”

— Sri Chinmoy

284. “Meditation stops the sound-loving mind.”

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285. “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.”

— Sri Chinmoy

286. “Not by talking, but by praying And becoming something good, Can we offer peace to the world.”

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287. “How beautiful to look at When my prayer Lights a candle of hope In my heart.”

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288. “Say I have set my goal at 300 pounds, and I cannot do it. The very fact that I have been devotedly practising and practising gives me joy, and the tenacity or perseverance that I am showing is itself progress. Anything that we do devotedly and soulfully helps us make progress.”

— Sri Chinmoy

289. “The satisfaction of life May not be ours, But the beauty of hope Is all ours.”

— Sri Chinmoy

290. “There is no fundamental difference between one religion and another, because each religion embodies the ultimate Truth. Each religion is right, absolutely right, because each religion conveys the message of Truth in its own way.”

— Sri Chinmoy

291. “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.”

— Sri Chinmoy

292. “Man’s eternal question is:‘Who is God?’God’s immediate answer is:’My child, who else is God, if not you?”

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293. “If you play divine music, spiritual music, then you are bound to give and get satisfaction.”

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294. “This world of ours has everything except one thing: peace. Everybody wants and needs peace, whether he be a child or an octogenarian.”

— Sri Chinmoy

295. “The human mind is utterly stupid when it carries, quite willingly, the heavy burden of resentment.”

— Sri Chinmoy

296. “It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.”

— Sri Chinmoy

297. “When hope makes friends With patience, Hope will be able To live indefinitely.”

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298. “A heart of peaceIs always the bestProblem-solver.”

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299. “Hope is not an idle term. Hope is the reality that can and does reveal itself to us at God’s choice hour. To hope is to know the secret of achievement.”

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300. “There is no yawning gulf between man and God. Through his aspiration and meditation, Man can become conscious of his oneness with God.”

— Sri Chinmoy