Quotes from Sri Chinmoy

Meditation is acceptance. It is the acceptance of life within us, without us and all around us. Acceptance of life is the beginning of human satisfaction.

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

My heart's gratitude Is My life's plenitude.

Before one accepts spirituality, astrology is very powerful, like a lion. Then when one enters into a deeper spiritual life, astrology becomes a tiny household cat.

Since life is but a continuous series of experiences, everything ultimately helps me towards my final enlightenment.

Determination can change your mind. Determination can change your heart. Determination can change your life altogether.

You can only hate someone whom you have the capacity to love, because if you are really indifferent, you cannot even get up the enough energy to hate him.

Life and sports cannot be separated; they are one.

Run and become. Become and run. Run to succeed in the outer world. Become to proceed in the inner world.

If we feel inwardly strong, we will have no need or desire to speak ill of others.

In my weightlifting I am trying to show that if you pray and meditate, you can bring to the fore your inner strength. Now, if somebody is really inwardly strong, he is always at peace.

Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly.

The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten.

There comes a time in the seeker's life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved.

Not to give up under any circumstances should be the motto of our life: I shall try again and again, and I am bound to succeed. There will be obstacles, but I have to defy the obstacles.

Sympathy has to be the first and foremost thing in one's life, sympathy and the feeling of oneness. There cannot be anything greater than the feeling of oneness .

Our mind thinks of death. Our heart thinks of life. Our soul thinks of Immortality.

I take the greatest lesson from compassion - it takes away all the conceit out of my life.

War forgets peace. Peace forgives war. War is the death of the life human. Peace is the birth of the Life Divine. Our vital passions want war. Our psychic emotions desire peace.

To be true to oneself is the hardest test of life.

Sympathy does not think. It acts. It acts to remove. The ceaseless sufferings. Of the world

Your mind has a flood of questions. There is but one teacher Who can answer them. Who is that teacher? Your silence-loving heart.

When we listen to the Inner Voice, our outer life becomes full of peace.

Our goal is not to have A problem-free life. But to conquer all the problems As they appear Along our life-road.