Sri Chinmoy on expectation
Sri Chinmoy85 quotes“To be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.”
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When we transcend ourselves, we do not compete with others. We do not compete with the rest of the world, but at every moment we compete with ourselves.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy Never worry about things That you are unable to change. Change your own way Of looking at truth.
Sri ChinmoySri 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 ChinmoySri Chinmoy My heart’s gratitude Is My life’s plenitude.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy Do you want to make progress? If so, then take each problem not as a challenging rival, but as an encouraging friend of yours, who is helping you to arrive at your ultimate destination.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy 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.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy What is meditation? Meditation is our conscious awareness of something vast and infinite within us. Meditation grants us Peace, Light and Bliss.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy A spiritual life means: It is now or never.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy Be kind, be all sympathy, for each and every human being is forced to fight against himself.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy Let us serve the world soulfully. The pay we will receive for our service will be in the currency of gratitude, God’s gratitude, God the only gratitude.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy Gratitude is not a mere word; it is not a mere concept. It is the living breath of your real existence on earth.
Sri ChinmoySri 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 ChinmoySri Chinmoy Friendship must never be buried under the weight of misunderstanding.
Sri ChinmoySri Chinmoy The greatest misfortune that can come to a human being is to lose his inner peace. No outer force can rob him of it. It is his own thoughts, his own actions, that rob him of it.
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I wish they would take me as I am.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.
Jane AustenJane Austen Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
AesopAesop Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.
Ayn RandAyn Rand We had hundreds of thousands of people all dedicated to doing the perfect job, and I think they did about as well as anyone could ever have expected.
Neil ArmstrongNeil Armstrong To wish was to hope, and to hope was to expect.
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