Chinmayananda Saraswati

"...there is a gulf of difference between the lower-love (Sneha) and the higher-love (Prema). The highest love is when you seek, discover and experience, our essential oneness with the very substance of truth, the Lord. It is called devotion (Prema-Bhakthi)."

"Devotion to Sri Narayana also is the means to cultivate love within. To “hear” of his glories, to “sing” about His beauties, to “reflect” upon His love, to “meditate” upon His Presence within us, are the ways by which a devotee grows in his love for Him."

"By unswerving devotion to Me, a man crosses over three Gunas- I am the Abode of Brahman, Eternal and Immutable, of everlasting Dharma and Absolute Bliss."

"Know what to Do. And do it Yourself."

"Plan out your work Then work out your plan. The former without the latter is a sheer waste. The latter without the former is mere unproductive confusion."

"Strange! Wealth estranges us all. It is all very strange, the money psychology! When you have not got any, you will pant to get some! When you get some, you grow jealous of others who have more, and feel conceited among those who have less!"

"Be strict and intelligently critical about yourself and your own weakness and follies. But, cushion your words and attitudes with Love. Love is the greatest persuasive power we know in life."

"Unless we have a definite faith in the goal of our existence, and unless we believe, work for, and actually come to experience the goal positively as an existent factor, there is no hope of any plan becoming successful."

"Silently hear everyone. Accept what is good. Reject and forget what is not. This is intelligent living."

"In life to handle yourself, use your head, but to handle others, use your heart."

"A man-of-wisdom lives in the world, but he is never of the world."

"The secret of success behind all men of achievement, lies in the faculty of applying their intellect in all their activities, without being mislead by any surging emotions or feelings. The secret of success in life lies in keeping the head above the storms of the heart."

"To give without sympathy is to build a temple without the idol and is as futile as painting a picture with black ink on a black-board."

"You are successful and creative only when you see an opportunity in every difficulty."

"Comfort comes as a guest; lingers to become the host,- and stays to enslave us."

"A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him."

"Wisdom is the assimilated knowledge in us, gained from an intelligent estimation and close study of our own direct and indirect experience in the world."

"Temper brings you to trouble. Pride keeps you there."

"Universe is a cosmos and not a chaos. There exists a mental affinity; a scientific law; a rhythm of mental relationship in which the entire living world is held together, in one web of love."

"To assume differences in the world, is to belie this great Oneness in life."

"Love is a consistent passion to give, not a meek persistent hope to receive. The only demand of life is the privilege to love all."

"Bhakti is the attitude of the mind, and jnana is the attitude of the intellect, both flow towards the Lord."

"Man is the roof and crown of creation. He may be tossed about by uncertain storms of life, but the solution to it lies in his own efforts in finding an ideal, and then raising his personality, from the level of petty emotions, to the loftier heights of the chosen ideal."

"Disappointment can come only to those Who make Appointment with the future."

"Temper takes you to Trouble, Pride keeps you there."

"He who depends on chances and situations to be happy, is a Sansari."

"Mind alone is maya at play."

"Remember, Even This Will Pass Away."

"It is sure to be dark if you close your eyes."

"Not to do what you feel like doing is Freedom."

"To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves."

"Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket."

"He who submits to discipline is a DISCIPLE"

"Happiness depends on what you can give, Not on what you can get."

"In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden."

"Alert and vigilant living itself is a `Sadhana' in the true sense."

"If I rest, I rust."

"Sin is never in action, it is always in reaction."

"Moksha' is not `Freedom from Action' but,`Freedom in Action'."

"Work without faith and prayer is like an artificial flower without fragrance."

"Faith is, `To believe what you do not see', the reward of which is, `you see what you believed'."

"Grace is only to be found by effort, although it is here and now."

"Appreciating the mind as `ALL SILENCE'. `I AM' is meditation."

"To say, `LORD IS' is Gyanam. But `THE LORD IS I' is Vigyanam."

"To understand anything is to find in it something which is our own."

"The end of ego is the `Mystic Death' of the mediator"

"`Surrender inspite of Freedom' is the way of wisemen."

"There is nothing, at any time, in any circumstance, to worry over why this to me ?"

"What you have is all His Gift to you. What you do with what you have is your Gift to Him ..."

"To forget oneself totally, one's mind should keep awake at every moment. A mind that has forgotten the past and the future, that is awake to the now, to the present, expresses the highest concentration of intelligence. It is alert, it is watchful, it is inspired. The actions of a man who has such a mind are exceptionally creative and perfect. Verily to forget oneself totally, is to be in perfection."