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Sri Chinmoy was an Indian-American author, poet, musician, and yoga instructor. Born on August 27, 1931, and passed away on October 11, 2007, he is renowned for his extensive literary works, musical compositions, and the promotion of yoga.

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“In this world, man has two significant possessions: intelligence and emotion. These two possessions govern our day-to-day life. But very often we see that emotion (ego) gets the upper hand in our life. We know that even if someone is extremely intelligent, when his emotion comes to the fore it will devour him. He is compelled to do what his emotion asks him to do.”

Ifs Knows Men World Two Hands Asks Emotion Our Lives This World Ego Intelligent Possession Significant Day To Day Compelled Day Life Day To Day Life Upper Hand

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“A human being has many divine qualities. But there has never been another unparalleled divine quality like man's self-sacrifice, nor can there ever be.”

Men Humans Self Human Beings Quality Sacrifice Divine Self Sacrifice

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“When I was an animal I evolved through selfishness. Now that I am a man my evolution can be achieved only through self-sacrifice.”

Men Self Animal Sacrifice Evolution Selfishness Self Sacrifice

Book:Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life

Source: Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life

“Man's eternal question is:'Who is God?'God's immediate answer is:'My child, who else is God, if not you?”

Ifs Men Children Answers Eternal My Children

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“All athletes, without fail, are potentially great and good. A great athlete is a little man tirelessly inspired.”

Men Littles Failing Inspired Athlete Little Man Great Athlete

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Spirituality is man's conscious longing for God. Spirituality tells us that God, who is unknowable today, will tomorrow become knowable and, the day after, will become totally known.”

Men Today Spirituality Known Tomorrow Conscious Longing Longing For God

Book:The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

Source: The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

“A simple man will have only what he needs, and he will know the difference between what he needs and what he wants. We feel that whatever we want, we desperately need. But before we possess the world, to our wide surprise we see that the world has already possessed us.”

Knows Men World Want Needs Feels Differences Simple Surprise Wide Possessed Simple Man

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Man invents war. Man discovers peace. He invents war from without. He discovers peace from within. War man throws. Peace man sows. The smile of war is the flood of human blood. The smile of peace is the love, below, above.”

Men Humans War Peace Blood Flood

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Man is by nature a lover. Only he has yet to discover the real thing to love. This quest awakens him to the fulfillment of his real Self.”

Men Life Real Self Lovers Fulfillment Quests Real Things Real Self

Book:The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

Source: The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“A spiritual man should be a normal man, a sound man. God Himself is normal; He is not insane. In order to reach God, a spiritual person has to be divinely practical in his day-to-day activities. Spirituality does not negate the outer life. But we have to know that the outer life does not mean the animal life. The outer life should be the manifestation of the divine life within us.”

Knows Men Should Mean Persons Doe Spiritual Spirit Order Spirituality Sound Animal Divine He Man Activity Normal Practicals Insane Manifestation Day To Day Animal Life Divine Life

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“When you meditate you have to try to quiet and calm the mind. There should be no thought within the mind. Right now you feel that if you can cherish twenty ideas at a time, then you are the wisest man on earth. The more thoughts that enter into our minds, the more clever we feel we are. But in the spiritual life it is not like that. If consciously we can make the mind calm and quiet, we feel that a new creation dawns inside us.”

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Author:Sri Chinmoy

“A single God - touch From God's Compassion - Height Can transform man's unimaginable And countless weaknesses Into God's own infinite,Immortal and omnipotent Power.”

Men Compassion Weakness Infinite Height Immortal Unimaginable Omnipotent

Book:The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

Source: The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“Either by silencing the mind or by opening the heart, today's man can become tomorrow's God, tomorrow's Divinity. And embodied Divinity soon becomes revealed Immortality.”

Men Mind Heart Today Tomorrow Opening Immortality Divinity Silencing

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Man thinks his mind's love for world power and his heart's love for world peace can live together. Indeed, this is the height of man's stupidity.”

Thinking Men World Mind Heart Together Peace Stupidity Height World Power

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“I am a man of prayer and meditation. I feel inspiration is of paramount importance. If I can inspire someone, and if that person also can inspire me, then we can do many good things for the betterment of this world.”

Ifs Men World Feels Persons I Can Inspiration Can Do Prayer Meditation This World Inspire Importance Good Things Betterment Paramount

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Man can be happy and safe only when the heart feels faster than the mind thinks.”

Thinking Men Feels Mind Heart Safe Faster

Book:Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life

Source: Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner Life

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

Thinking Men Feels Good Thoughts

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Man-made religions find fault with one another, whereas God-made religion is eternally a oneness-song - God-manifestation through human aspiration on earth.”

Men Humans Made Earth Song Faults Oneness Manifestation Aspiration

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Hope is man's inner effort.”

Men Effort Hopeful

Book:The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

Source: The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

“Hope is man's preparation for the unknown.”

Men Preparation Hopeful

Book:The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

Source: The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

“Love is the only wealth that man absolutely needs. Love is the only wealth that God precisely is.”

Men Needs Wealth Love Is Need Love Sri Lanka

Book:The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

Source: The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and Yoga

“There is no yawning gulf between man and God. Through his aspiration and meditation, Man can become conscious of his oneness with God.”

Men God Meditation Conscious Oneness Aspiration Yawning

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“The beckoning Hands Of God's hopeful Smile Will, without fail, one day greet The fruitful cries Of man's prayerful heart.”

Men Heart God Hands Failing Cry One Day Hopeful Hands Of God Prayerful Beckoning

Author:Sri Chinmoy

About the Author

Born: August 27, 1931
Died: October 11, 2007
Known for: Author
Quotes: 468

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