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 CHINMOYBe sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.
More Sri Chinmoy Quotes
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Not the power to conquer others but the power to become one with others is the ultimate power.
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The difficulty is that we try to perfect others before we perfect ourselves.
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Real meditation is not done by us. It is done by our Inner Pilot, the Supreme, who is constantly meditating in and through us. We are just the vessel, and we are allowing Him to fill us with His whole Consciousness.
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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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There comes a time in the seeker’s life when he discovers that he is at once the lover and the beloved. The aspiring soul which he embodies is the lover in him. And the transcendental Self which he reveals from within is his Beloved.
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If failure has the strength to turn your life into bitterness itself, then patience has the strength to turn your life into the sweetest joy. Do not surrender to fate after a single failure. Failure, at most, precedes success.
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Not by blaming the world, not by shunning the world, but only be loving the world can I have peace of mind.
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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 do the right thing, eventually you will inspire others to do the right thing.
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True humility means giving joy to others.
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Wrong thoughts are inside us just because we identify ourselves with these thoughts. If we identify with something else, immediately they have to leave us.
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I compete only with myself, and I try to become a better human being. This is my goal.
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Do not Blame the world. Find a solution.
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Fear is bound to disappear when you realize that failure is not something shameful, damaging, destructive, or painful, but something natural.
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A spiritual life means: It is now or never.
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