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 CHINMOYTo be rich is to give a smile with no expectation of return.
More Sri Chinmoy Quotes
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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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Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.
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Peace begins When expectation ends.
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No price is too great to pay for inner peace.
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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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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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You hate someone whom you really wish to love, but whom you cannot love. Perhaps he himself prevents you. That is a disguised form of love.
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When you are right, everything around you is right, for the beautiful flow that is inside your heart has the capacity to spread its fragrance of oneness-light all around you.
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True humility means giving joy to others.
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I did not come into the world to prove anything. I came into the world to love everyone and everything.
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Never worry about things That you are unable to change. Change your own way Of looking at truth.
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When we meditate, what we actually do is enter into the deeper part of our being. At that time, we are able to bring to the fore the wealth that we have deep within us.
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The atom has taught me that the little things do count – most.
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Be sincere in your thoughts, Be pure in your feelings. You will not have to run after happiness. Happiness will run after you.
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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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A spiritually established life is not an easy task. But a materially satisfied life is an impossible task.
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Gratitude is not a mere word; it is not a mere concept. It is the living breath of your real existence on earth.
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It is not human nature to enjoy what we get with no effort.
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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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Let us not worry about the future. Let us only do the right thing Today, At this moment, Here and now. Let the future take care of itself.
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Allow failure to teach you A supreme lesson: Each sunset is the beginning Of a very, very bright And powerful sunrise.
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Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner. Knowledge is a friend, even to its hater. Ignorance hates knowledge because it is too pure. Knowledge fears ignorance because it is too sure.
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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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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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Hope is sweet. Hope is illumining. Hope is fulfilling. Hope can be everlasting. Therefore, do not give up hope, Even in the sunset of your life.
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Peace is our inner wealth. This inner wealth we can bring to the fore only when we expect nothing from the outer world and everything from the Supreme Pilot within us, at God’s Choice Hour.
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