110+ Sri Chinmoy Quotes On Happiness, Friendship And Death

Sri Chinmoy was an Indian spiritual teacher and philosopher who lived in the United States from 1964 until his death in 2007. He was a prolific author, poet, artist, and musician, and he founded the spiritual organisation Sri Chinmoy Centre. He was an advocate for peace and encouraged meditation and spiritual practice as a way to cultivate inner peace and joy. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Sri Chinmoy on life, love, happiness.

Top 10 Sri Chinmoy Quotes

1. Allow failure to teach you A supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning Of a very, very bright And powerful sunrise.
2. Listen to the inner light; It will guide you. Listen to the inner Peace; It will feed you. Listen to the inner Love; It will transform you, It will divinise you, It will immortalise you.
3. Hope is sweet. Hope is illumining. Hope is fulfilling. Hope can be everlasting. Therefore, do not give up hope, Even in the sunset of your life.
4. Peace begins When expectation ends.
5. Gratitude is the sweetest thing in a seeker's life- in all human life. If there is gratitude in your heart, then there will be tremendous sweetness in your eyes.
6. Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.
7. I'm not a weight lifter. I'm a seeker. Weight lifting is so insignificant in my life.
8. It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.
9. Silence is not silent. Silence speaks. It speaks most eloquently. Silence is not still. Silence leads. It leads most perfectly.
10. Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.

Sri Chinmoy Short Quotes

• I begin by imagining the impossible and end by accomplishing the impossible.
• To deliberately criticise another individual may cause an indelible stain on the critic.
• Not the power to conquer others but the power to become one with others is the ultimate power.
• There is no greater miracle than our conscious efforts to become good human beings.
• True success is the only thing that you cannot have unless and until you have offered it to others.
• If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.
• The atom has taught me that the little things do count - most.
• Never worry about things That you are unable to change. Change your own way Of looking at truth.
• My heart's gratitude Is My life's plenitude.
• Only one flagFlies above all the rest:The flag of universal oneness.

Sri Chinmoy Quotes About Life

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

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. — Sri Chinmoy

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

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 — Sri Chinmoy

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

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. — Sri Chinmoy

If I really want inner peace in my life, then I must not busy myself with what other people do and say. — Sri Chinmoy

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

A spiritual life means: It is now or never. — Sri Chinmoy

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

Sri Chinmoy Quotes About Love

You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love. — Sri Chinmoy

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

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

My soul-bird loves my body-cage Only when it is kept fit, Pure and absolutely immaculate. — Sri Chinmoy

Keep an open heart To allow the world Lovingly and faithfully To come in. — Sri Chinmoy

Peace does not mean the absence of war, peace means the presence of harmony, love, satisfaction and oneness. Peace means a flood of love in the world family. — Sri Chinmoy

Love is hope. Hope is nectar. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy Quotes About Happiness

If you have inner peace, nobody can force you to be a slave to the outer reality. — Sri Chinmoy

If you want to remain always happy, Always perfect and always fulfilled, Then always keep inside your heart A pocketful of sweet dreams. — Sri Chinmoy

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

Gratitude is pure happiness. Happiness is sure perfection. — Sri Chinmoy

I am very happy Because I have conquered myself And not the world. I am very happy Because I have loved the world And not myself. — Sri Chinmoy

The problem with fault-findingIs that he who finds fault with othersIs in no way a happy person Even after he has successfully Accomplished his task. — Sri Chinmoy

O kindle the fire of happiness ! Therein I shall see The door of friendliness, The room of greatness And the palace of godness. I shall see, I shall see. — Sri Chinmoy

Forgive, you will have happiness. Forget, you will have satisfacton. Forgive and forget, You will have everlasting peace Within and without. — Sri Chinmoy

True happiness Is not a mental hallucination. True happiness Is not a complacent feeling. True happiness Is the spontaneous feeling of joy That comes from knowing 132 You are doing the right thing 133 And leading a divine life. — Sri Chinmoy

Those who run after happiness will never be happy. Happiness is something that has to come to the fore from within. — Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy Quotes About Peaceful

Surrender is a journey from the outer turmoil to the inner peace. — Sri Chinmoy

What is meditation? Meditation is our conscious awareness of something vast and infinite within us. Meditation grants us Peace, Light and Bliss. — Sri Chinmoy

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

Meditation gives us peace of mind without a tranquilizer. And unlike a tranquilizer, the peace of mind that we get from meditation does not fade away. It lasts for good in some corner of the inmost recesses of our aspiring heart. — Sri Chinmoy

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

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

Peace is something that we become. Once we become peace, then only can we give peace to the world and receive peace from the world. — Sri Chinmoy

Peace is our inner wealth. This inner wealth we can bring to the fore only when we expect nothing from the outer world and everything from the Supreme Pilot within us, at God's Choice Hour — Sri Chinmoy

Once we have this inner peace, world peace can be achieved in the twinkling of an eye. — Sri Chinmoy

Peace is something spontaneous; it is something that unites us. Peace is something that we have to spread. But unless and until we have peace deep within us, we can never hope to have peace in the outer world. — Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy Quotes About Inspirational

To inspire others Is to be immediately rich In the inner world. — Sri Chinmoy

If you do the right thing, eventually you will inspire others to do the right thing. — Sri Chinmoy

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

I love my enemies for two reasons: they inspire me to recognise my weakness. They also inspire me to perfect my imperfect nature. — Sri Chinmoy

Individual self-transcendence collectively inspires humanity at large. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

Real meditation we get from within or from a spiritual Master. We can never get it from books. From books we can get inspiration or an inner approach to the fulfilment of our outer life. But in order to have true meditation we have to go deep within or follow the guidance of a spiritual Master. — Sri Chinmoy

Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest. — Sri Chinmoy

Wherever you go, go with inspiration and aspiration. Whatever you do, do with love and concern. Whomever you see, see with purity's beauty And responsibility's glory. — Sri Chinmoy

You do not have to be The fastest starter. Just be a starter! You will, without fail, Reach your destination-sun. — Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy Quotes About World

If we know the divine art of concentration, if we know the divine art of meditation, if we know the divine art of contemplation, easily and consciously we can unite the inner world and the outer world. — Sri Chinmoy

Oneness is the perfect expansion Of our inner reality. Let our hearts oneness only increase To make us feel That we belong to a universal world ? family, And this world ? family Is a fulfilled Dream of God. — Sri Chinmoy

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

World peace can blossom throughout the length and breadth of the world only when the world-peace-dreamers, world-peace-lovers and world-peace-servers desperately, sleeplessly and breathlessly long for the full manifestation of peace here on earth. — Sri Chinmoy

Man thinks his mind's love for world power and his heart's love for world peace can live together. Indeed, this is the height of man's stupidity. — Sri Chinmoy

The power that dominates cannot solve world problems. The power that loves can solve world problems. — Sri Chinmoy

If we can invoke Peace and then offer it to somebody else, we will see how Peace expands from one to two persons, and gradually to the world at large. — Sri Chinmoy

A simple man will have only what he needs, and he will know the difference between what he needs and what he wants. We feel that whatever we want, we desperately need. But before we possess the world, to our wide surprise we see that the world has already possessed us. — Sri Chinmoy

If you want to simplify your life, meditation is the answer. If you want to fulfil your life, meditation is the answer. If you want to have joy and offer joy to the world at large, then meditation is the only answer. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy Quotes About Hate

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

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. — Sri Chinmoy

Hatred is a disguised form of love. You can only hate someone whom you really wish to love, because if you were totally indifferent to that person, you could not even get up enough energy to hate him. — Sri Chinmoy

Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner. Knowledge is a friend, even to its hater. Ignorance hates knowledge because it is too pure. Knowledge fears ignorance because it is too sure. — Sri Chinmoy

Silence tells the seeker in us to love, to love himself. It tells us it is wrong to hate ourselves because of our imperfections. When the seeker loves himself, loves the Divine within himself, he eventually realises the Ultimate Truth. — Sri Chinmoy

Sri Chinmoy Famous Quotes And Sayings

The inner light actually comes from the soul; it is already inside us. The moment we can have free access to our soul, we will see that this light is coming to the fore to permeate our whole outer existence. — Sri Chinmoy

How can one know who his spiritual teacher is?...His heart looks at the spiritual Masters and makes the choice. When the heart sees a spiritual Master, if it is overwhelmed with joy, then there is every probability that that spiritual Master is the right one for the seeker. — Sri Chinmoy

Hope knows no fear. Hope dares to blossom even inside the abysmal abyss. Hope secretly feeds and strengthens promise. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

Arise, awake! This path is arduous. So we learn from the wise, and we have to follow in the footsteps of the wise. The path of spirituality is not a bed of roses. But neither is it a chimerical mist. The Golden Shores of the Beyond are not a mere promise. The crown of human aspiration is bound to be fulfilled on the Golden Shores of the Beyond. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

Lack of harmony comes when I feel that I know how to do something better than you. Lack of harmony is the song and dance of superiority. Because everybody feels superior, disharmony at every moment is entering into our lives. — Sri Chinmoy

Meditation does not mean just sitting quietly for five or ten minutes. It requires conscious effort. The mind has to be made calm and quiet; at the same time, it has to be vigilant so as not to allow any distracting thoughts or desires to enter. — Sri Chinmoy

If you have true gratitude, it will express itself automatically. It will be visible in your eyes, around your being, in your aura. It is like the fragrance of a flower. In most cases if there is a beautiful flower, the fragrance will be there naturally. The flower and its fragrance cannot be separated. — Sri Chinmoy

When we go deep within, into the deepest recesses of our hearts, we commune with God through meditation. It is through meditation that we can know that God is both with form and without form, with attributes and without attributes. — Sri Chinmoy

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? — Sri Chinmoy

Peace is something tangible. It silences the outgoing energy of the mind and feeds the aspiring heart. Peace is not merely the absence of quarreling and fighting. True peace is not affected by the roaring of the world, outer or inner. This sea of peace is at our command if we practise the spiritual life. — Sri Chinmoy

Meditation speaks. It speaks in silence. It reveals. It reveals to the aspirant that matter and spirit are one, quantity and quality are one, the immanent and the transcendent are one. It reveals that life can never be the mere existence of seventy or eighty years between birth and death, but is, rather, Eternity itself. — Sri Chinmoy

Do not try to approach God with your thinking mind. It may only stimulate your intellectual ideas, activities, and beliefs. Try to approach God with your crying heart. It will awaken your soulful, spiritual consciousness. — Sri Chinmoy

True meditation can never be done with the mind. Very often we make a mistake when we say that we are meditating in the mind and utilising the mind. Real meditation is done in the psychic being and in the soul. It goes hand in hand with flaming aspiration, the burning flame that wants to climb up to the Highest. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

Before the final curtain goes down On my life, I shall say to my Mother-Earth, "My gratitude-heart is all for you, All for you." — Sri Chinmoy

Next to meditation is music, soulful music, the music that stirs and elevates our aspiring consciousness. — Sri Chinmoy

Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding. — Sri Chinmoy

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

When we meditate we expand, spreading our wings like a bird, trying to enter consciously into Infinity, Eternity and Immortality, welcoming them into our aspiring consciousness. We see, feel and grow into the entire universe of Light-Delight. — Sri Chinmoy

Real meditation is not done by us. It is done by our Inner Pilot, the Supreme, who is constantly meditating in and through us. We are just the vessel, and we are allowing Him to fill us with His whole Consciousness. — Sri Chinmoy

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

Even the tiniest of hopes can show me the way to arrive at my goal. — Sri Chinmoy

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

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. — Sri Chinmoy

Complete and total perfection will come about only when we feel that our perfection is no perfections as long as the rest of humanity remains imperfect. — Sri Chinmoy

Spirituality is the science that teaches us how to achieve peace of mind and supreme satisfaction. Right now we are hankering after many, many things, but nothing we get satisfies us. Spirituality tells us that satisfaction can be found only if we lead a good and divine life-a life of simplicity, purity and humility. — Sri Chinmoy

God can be seen Even by the poorest fool, But not by the self-styled, God-arguing Intellectual giants. — Sri Chinmoy

Hope is not mere wishful thinking. It is the precursor of a new dawn that slowly, steadily and unerringly comes to the fore and eventually grows into reality's existence. — Sri Chinmoy

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

This divine Compassion is spontaneous Delight. In it there is no feeling of separativity, no feeling that one is superior and the other is inferior. No! It is a feeling of oneness. — Sri Chinmoy

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. — Sri Chinmoy

True humility means giving joy to others. — Sri Chinmoy

Hope abides; therefore I abide. Countless frustrations have not cowed me. I am still alive, vibrant with life. The black cloud will disappear, The morning sun will appear once again In all its supernal glory. — Sri Chinmoy

Whether you accept or reject it, God's Love for you is permanent. — Sri Chinmoy

Our goal is self-transcendence — Sri Chinmoy

Meditation simplifies our outer life and energizes our inner life. Meditation gives us a natural and spontaneous life, a life that becomes so natural and spontaneous that we cannot breathe without being conscious of our own divinity. — Sri Chinmoy

Our mind thinks of death. Our heart thinks of life. Our soul thinks of Immortality. — Sri Chinmoy

Impossibility is a dictionary word. — Sri Chinmoy

Peace is the whole truth that wishes to enrapture humanity. War is the whole falsehood that wants to capture humanity. Peace begins in the soul and ends in the heart. War begins in the mind and ends in the body. — Sri Chinmoy

No religion is absolutely perfect. Yet not only do we fight for religion, but also are we often willing to sacrifice our lives for it. And what we hopelessly fail to do is to live it. A true religion is that which has no caste, no creed, no colour. It is but an all-uniting and all-pervading embrace. — Sri Chinmoy

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

Each new day beckons you to walk on the road of self-transcendence. We transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We compete only with our previous achievements, and we get joy. Life is nothing but a perpetual possibility. — Sri Chinmoy

God does not care If I am bad or good- He wants my love, Not my sainthood. — Sri Chinmoy

Meditation is the language of God. If we want to know what God's Will is in our life, if we want God to guide us, mould us and fulfil Himself in and through us, then meditation is the language that we must use. — Sri Chinmoy

Life Lessons by Sri Chinmoy

1. Sri Chinmoy teaches that the key to a successful and fulfilling life is to be mindful and present in each moment, and to be grateful for the blessings we have.
2. He encourages us to strive for inner peace and joy, and to recognize that our true power lies within us.
3. He also emphasizes the importance of selfless service to others and the need to cultivate humility and an attitude of surrender to the divine.