596 Quotes by Sri Chinmoy

To succeed in any field,Our enthusiasm-eyes must sparkleAnd our enthusiasm-heartsMust dance.

Your defeats in life's battlefieldWill soon be ending,Because your mind is no longer indifferent To your heart's spontaneous enthusiasm.

When I think good thoughts, I feel that man is not, after all, so bad.

What you powerfully holdIn your thought-worldWill make you eitherA street beggarOr a great king.

When you really have something to offer to the world, then you can become truly humble. A tree when it has no fruit to offer, remains erect. But when the tree is laden with fruit, it bends down. If you are all pride and ego, then nobody will be able to get anything worthwhile from you. When you have genuine humility, it is a sign that you have something to offer to mankind.

True humility means giving joy to others.

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.

The language of the heartIs the only languageThat everybody can understand.

Peace is something tangible. It silences the outgoing energy of the mind and feeds the aspiring heart. Peace is not merely the absence of quarreling and fighting. True peace is not affected by the roaring of the world, outer or inner. This sea of peace is at our command if we practise the spiritual life.