Sri Chinmoy

“In the mind, we doubt and suspect, and we get a kind of pleasure, a kind of joy from that. But in the heart, we try to encompass the full world, and by loving the world, we get joy.”

“Not what happens to youBut how you accept itIs of paramount importance.”

“Gratitude is pure happiness.Happiness is sure perfection.”

“Love the world. Otherwise, you will be forced to carry the heaviest load: your own bitter self.”

“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.”

“I begin by imagining The impossibleAnd end by accomplishingThe impossible.”

“When your heart's gratitude comes to the fore, when you become all gratitude, this gratitude is like a flow, a flow of consciousness. When your consciousness is flowing, feel that this gratitude-flow is like a river that is watering the root of the tree and the tree itself. It is always through gratitude that your consciousness-river will grow and water the perfection-tree inside you.”

“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.”

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

“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 againIn all its supernal glory.”

“The things that most deserve our gratitude we just take for granted. Without air we cannot live for more than a minute or two. Everyday we are breathing in and breathing out, but do we ever feel grateful to the air? If we do not drink water, we cannot survive. Even our body is composed to a large extent of water.But do we give any value to water? Every morning when we open our eyes, we see the sun blessingfully offering us light and life-energy, which we badly need. But are we grateful to the sun?”

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

“Have little,Need less:This is the wayTo inner peace.Surrender is a journeyFrom the outer turmoilTo the inner peace.PeaceIs in inner awakening,And this inner awakeningWe must shareWith the rest of the world.”

“Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.”

“Be kind, be all sympathy,For each and every human beingIs forced to fight against himself.”

“ריצת הבוקר היא היופי שבטוהר. ריצת הערב היא בהירות הפשטות.”

“אתמול הייתי חכם, רציתי לשנות את העולם. היום אני חכם, ולכן אני משנה את עצמי.”

“לעולם אל תדאג לגבי מה שאתה לא יכול לשנות. שנה את השקפת האמת שלך. הסתכל על הכול מענף גבוה יותר של עץ החיים משם נפתח אופק רחב יותר.”

“כאן ועכשיו זה הזמן הטוב ביותר. אל תחלמו על זמן טוב יותר.”

“Heaven and God are not high above us, far away; they are deep within us. Heaven is not a distant country where there are trees and houses and other objects; it is a plane of consciousness within us. Seekers of the eternal Truth will realise their eternal Heaven within their aspiring hearts.”