"The power of love is infinitely more powerful than the power of hatred, because when you love someone, at that time his divine qualities have to come forward."
"When love-power conquers, the conquest is not for the expansion of influence, but for the illumination of existence."
"When your love is pure or spiritual, there is no demand, no expectation. There is only the sweetest feeling of spontaneous oneness with the human being or beings concerned."
“Only by our positive thinking,
By our bringing the positive qualities
Of others to the fore,
Will this world be able
To make progress.”
Let us not worry
About the future.
Let us only do the right thing
Today,
At this moment,
Here and now.
Let the future take care of itself.
Be happy
You will get
What you like most.
You will be
What you like best.
The very nature of kindness
Is to spread.
If you are kind to others,
Today they will be kind to you,
And tomorrow to somebody else.
Love is not a thing to understand.
Love is not a thing to feel.
Love is not a thing to give and receive.
Love is a thing only to become
And eternally be.
No matter what happens,
Do not lose hope,
For once hope is gone,
Everything is gone.
I do not give up,
I never give up,
For there is nothing
In this entire world
That is irrevocably unchangeable.
“What gives life its value if not its constant cry for self-transcendence.?”
“Self transcendence brings us the message of happiness.
Self-transcendence gives us joy in boundless measure.”
“Never give up! Never give up! Physical fitness is of paramount importance. There is no age limit when we live in the heart and when we try to be of prayerful and soulful service to God in the heart of humanity.” [1]
" I am a man of prayer and meditation. I feel inspiration is of paramount importance. If I can inspire someone, and if that person also can inspire me, then we can do many good things for the betterment of this world. "
" I feel that the physical and the spiritual must go together; they cannot be separated. When we pray and meditate, we get an extra supply of energy, which you can call strength. This strength can be utilised for a good purpose. "
“I compete only with myself, and I try to become a better human being. This is my goal.”
“The world is for newness, not for oldness. New, new things we have to create. Then only the world will progress. If not, we will come to feel that there is nothing new under the sun. We have to create new things to keep our joy. If there is no newness, how can we have enthusiasm? And if there is no enthusiasm, do we make any progress?” [2]
"If we can have a free access to our inmost consciousness, the cosmic energy is bound to come to the fore. If we go deep within, it comes like a spring, a never-failing spring. And when it comes, it permeates the whole body.”
"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."
"Man-made religions find fault with one another, whereas God-made religion is eternally a oneness-song — God-manifestation through human aspiration on earth."
"If we live in our oneness-heart, we will feel the essence of all religions which is the love of God. Forgiveness, compassion, tolerance, brotherhood and the feeling of oneness are the signs of a true religion."
" This mind is the doubting mind, and in the doubting mind we can never feel the presence of peace. We can feel the presence of peace only in the loving heart. The doubting mind leads us to total frustration. The loving heart leads us to complete satisfaction."
If you can create harmony
In your own life,
This harmony will enter
Into the vast world.
Alas, how we waste
Our precious time
In the company of
Jealousy and criticism.
Here and Now
I must realise
That every human being
Is endowed with the capacity
To be a towering lighthouse
In the darkness-night
Of the present-day world.
Spirituality means
A seeker's attempt to be better
Then he was yesterday.
We must every day try
To love the essential
And not the superficial.
Not enough, not enough,
If the spirituality-lesson
Is merely learned
From books and philosophers.
It must be translated
Into regular practice,
It must be lived
In its pristine form.
Giving is not
An obligation.
Giving is
Self-expansion.
The longest road in the world:
To see others' faults
Deliberately,
To enjoy others' faults
Unreservedly.
“Music knows no frontiers.
It is free all-where.
Its contribution to emotional integration,
Human and divine,
Can never be fathomed.”
"Usually when I draw, I try to be in a contemplative mood. I try to keep my mind as empty, vacant and tranquil as possible. The outer mind is like the surface of the sea. On the surface, the sea is full of waves and surges; it is all restlessness. But when we dive deep below, the same sea is all peace, calmness and quiet, and there we find the source of creativity."
Photo by Unmesh Swanson, Sri Chinmoy Centre
All quotes by Sri Chinmoy