Quotes from Sri Chinmoy

Now is the time to make good use of time. Today is the day to begin a perfect day.

Sacrifice does not mean that, by giving, we lose something. We sacrifice our limited self to our highest and largest Self, and at that time we immediately become the largest and the highest Self.

At times to think of one's outer helplessness is good, but to think always of one's inner strength is infinitely better.

Even now when I am answering a question I am at the height of my own meditation.

Not one But twenty-four self-giving-hours Every day I have For my use.

Your heart must become a sea of love. Your mind must become a river of detachment.

Your heart will be shattered by sorrow if you force it to live in tomorrow's ephemeral imagination - world instead of in today's eternal reality - now.

Ours is a divine journey; therefore, this journey has neither a beginning nor an end... This journey has a goal, but it does not stop at any goal, for it has come to realise that today's goal is only the starting point of tomorrow's journey.

Inside each one of us is a beautiful flower garden. This is the garden of the soul. With each lesson we learn, the garden grows. As we learn together, our individual gardens form a tranquil paradise.

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

Be universal in your love. You will see the universe to be the picture of your own being.

My service to humanity Is my real opportunity To prove my genuine love For God and God alone.

Life is nothing but the expansion of love. We can cultivate divine love by entering into the Source. The Source is God, who is all Love.

Love is hope. Hope is nectar.

If you really want to love humanity, then you have to love humanity as it is now.

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

I did not come into the world to prove anything. I came into the world to love everyone and everything.

A moment's truth can and shall make the world beautiful. A moment's peace can and shall save the world. A moment's love can and shall make the world perfect.

Impossibility is a dictionary word.

We can change the world, but not improve it, if we do not have peace.

O dreamers of peace, come. Let us walk together. O lovers of peace, come. Let us run together. O servers of peace, come. Let us grow together.

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

Love your enemy. It will not only puzzle him, But finally illumine him.

Love the world With your heart's dreams. Serve the world With your life's promises.