Sri Chinmoy Quotes

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Be kind, be all sympathy, for each and every human being is forced to fight against himself.

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Meditation tells you only one thing: God is. Meditation reveals to you only one truth: yours is the vision of God.

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If you do not find peace inside your own heart, then you will not find it anywhere else on earth.

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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.

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

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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.

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Man can be happy and safe only when the heart feels faster than the mind thinks.

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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.

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The world's oldest wisdom: each evil thought infuses the mind, sooner or later, with an unholy fear.

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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.

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When I was an animal I evolved through selfishness. Now that I am a man my evolution can be achieved only through self-sacrifice.

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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.

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

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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.

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Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.

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If you find it difficult to love the human in someone, then love the divine in him or her. The divine in that person is God. God exists in that person just as God exists in you. To love God is extremely easy because God is divine and perfect. Each time you look at an individual, if you can consciously become aware of God's existence in him or her, then you will not be disturbed by his or her imperfections or limitations.

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Among the fearless soldiers that fight for your victory in life, character has no equal.

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A perfect society is built upon mutual trust. Character is the source of that trust.

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If we call ourselves children of God, then others are also children of God.

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True religion has a universal quality. It does not find fault with other religions. False religions will find fault with other religions; they will say that theirs is the only valid religion and their prophet is the only saviour. But a true religion will feel that all the prophets are saviours of mankind.

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Let us not try to understand music with our mind. Let us not even try to feel it with our heart. Let us simply and spontaneously allow the music-bird to fly in our heart-sky. While flying, it will unconditionally reveal to us what it has and what it is. What it has, is Immortality's message. What it is, is Eternity's passage.

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It is only through inner peace that we can have true outer freedom.

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Be happy! God sees in you another God. God sees you as another God. God sees you and He as One.

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What is Yoga? Yoga is self-conquest. Self-conquest is God-Realization. He who practices Yoga does two things with one stroke: he simplifies his whole life and he gets a freee access to the Divine.

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Doubt is an old disease.
Faith is an old medicine.
Compassion is an old doctor.
Concern is an old nurse.

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To free our body from fear what we need is the glorious experience of the soul.

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You and I create the world by the vibrations that we offer to the world.

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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.

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The power that dominates cannot solve world problems. The power that loves can solve world problems.

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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.

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