Quotes from Sri Chinmoy

By hating that person, you have lost something very sweet in yourself.

I meditate So that I can inundate My entire being With the omnipotent Power of peace.

The real in me longs for peace. The unreal in me longs for power.

A single God - touch From God's Compassion - Height Can transform man's unimaginable And countless weaknesses Into God's own infinite,Immortal and omnipotent Power.

A single thought has the power of a bullet: either it can destroy you or it can help you immensely.

Optimism is the secret of self-reliance. Self-reliance is the secret of a dynamic power. A dynamic power is the secret of an immediate success.

Peace begins when expectations end.

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

I'm not a weight lifter. I'm a seeker. Weight lifting is so insignificant in my life.

Of all the medicines In the inner life, A smile is by far The best medecine.

Just one smile Immensely increases the beauty Of the universe.

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

To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.

God's first Smile was born The day humanity awoke To His Light.

Meditation is silence. Silence is God In His Infinity's Smile.

Smile, smile , smile At your mind As often as possible. Your smiling will considerably reduce Your mind's tearing tension.

Smile, my friends, my soulful friends, smile. Let us smile. True, this world of ours is full of suffering and excruciating pangs, but that is no reason why we should not smile.

A spiritually established life is not an easy task. But a materially satisfied life is an impossible task.

True inner joy is self-created It does not rely on any outer circumstances A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy. This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.

Death is not the end Death can never be the end. Death is the road. Life is the traveller. The Soul is the Guide ... Our mind thinks of death. Our heart thinks of life Our soul thinks of Immortality

Belief comes spontaneously as well as by effort. Belief is power. An insincere and uninspired seeker is aware of the truth that belief is power, but he cannot go beyond understanding or awareness; whereas a sincere, genuine, devoted and surrendered seeker knows that belief is dynamic power, and he has this power as his very own.

A spiritual life means: It is now or never.

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.

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