Sri Chinmoy

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

"Alas, why does my mind have to walk through the dust of the past every day?"

"There is no human being on earth who does not have the capacity to offer the message of peace to the world at large. But what is needed now is the soulful willingness."

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

"Either consciously or unconsciously we are searching for the highest Self, which is at once eternal and infinite."

"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."

"What we need is a life of balance — neither to wallow in the pleasures of wealth nor to lead a life of asceticism, but to embrace a life of simplicity and a heart of purity."

"In my philosophy everyone, including the poor, sick and aged, belongs to one family — God’s Family. God is at once poor and rich, sick and healthy, young and old, for He exists inside each and every individual. Here on earth we are all God’s children."

"I feel it is through prayer, meditation, and dedicated service that world peace can take place. Each individual has to try to make others happy, for it is only through happiness that we can have peace."

"A true spiritual seeker will have the deepest respect and utmost reverence for all religions. We can treasure all religions and claim them as our very own."

"The very acceptance of the spiritual life demands enormous courage. This courage is not the courage of a haughty, rough person who will strike others to assert his superiority; it is totally different. This courage is our constant awareness of what we are entering into, of what we are going to become, of what we are going to reveal."

"Fear is bound to disappear when you realize that failure is not something shameful, damaging, destructive, or painful, but something natural."

"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."

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

"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."

"Man is by nature a lover. Only he has yet to discover the real thing to love. This quest awakens him to the fulfillment of his real Self."

"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."

"Unless and until you have developed a heart inundated with compassion, do not sit on the seat of judgement."

"Is the world so unbearable? No! What we need is only a little more love for the world."

"Love is something that never cared to learn how to judge anybody."

"It is better to make mistakes than to lie idle."

"Instead of creating a reason why you cannot love the world, try to create a reason why you should and must love the world."

"The human mind is utterly stupid when it carries, quite willingly, the heavy burden of resentment."

"To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return."

"To be true to oneself is the hardest test of life."

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

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

"A single thought has the power of a bullet: either it can destroy you or it can help you immensely."

"Zeal without knowledge is a runaway horse."

"Wenn alle Religionen zusammenarbeiten, können sie sowohl für Gott als auch für die Menschheit etwas Großes und Gutes vollbringen. Nur die gemeinsamen Gebete und die Freundschaft der Sucher und Anhänger aller Weltreligionen werden bewirken, dass die höchste Liebe und das höchste Mitleid von oben herabkommen. Und nur, wenn Gottes Liebe und Mitleid in das Herz und das Leben der Menschheit herabkommen, kann sich das Antlitz und das Schicksal der Welt ändern."

"Wenn du anderen Freude schenkst, siehst du ganz von selbst die Vervielfältigung der Freude für dich selbst."

"Eine seelenvolle Meditation kann die Grenzen des Mitgefühls, der Toleranz und der Zuneigung des Verstandes leicht ausdehnen."

"Dienen kann viel für uns tun. Zuallererst sollten wir wissen, dass Dienen in einem göttlichen Geiste die größte Gelegenheit ist, die wir besitzen, unseren Stolz und unsere Eitelkeit zunichte zu machen und die Aufprägung unseres Ego zu tilgen. In gottgeweihtem Dienst erblicken wir die allumfassende Harmonie, wachsen in das allumfassende Bewusstsein."

"Meditation ist die Sprache Gottes. Wenn wir wissen wollen, was Gottes Wille in unserem Leben ist, wenn wir wollen, dass Gott uns führt, uns formt und Sich selbst in und durch uns erfüllt, dann ist Meditation die Sprache, die wir benutzen müssen."

"Wenn der Verstand leer und still ist und unser gesamtes Dasein ein leeres Gefäß wird, kann unser inneres Wesen unendlichen Frieden, unendliches Licht und unendliche Glückseligkeit anrufen, um in dieses Gefäß zu fließen und es zu füllen. Das ist Meditation."

"Wenn du regelmäßig betest und meditierst, wirst du bald fühlen, dass dein Frieden unendlich viel stärker, erfüllender und kraftspendender ist als die unglücklichen Situationen, die andere herbeiführen."

"Du und ich erschaffen die Welt durch die Schwingungen, die wir in die Welt tragen. Wenn wir Frieden anrufen und ihn dann jemand anderem weitergeben können, werden wir bemerken, wie sich Frieden von einer Person zu zwei Personen und allmählich über die ganze Welt ausdehnt."

"Friede bedeutet nicht die Abwesenheit von Krieg. Friede bedeutet die Anwesenheit von Harmonie, Liebe, Erfüllung und Einssein."