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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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“World-peace can be achieved when the power of love replaces the love of power.”

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Have little, Need less: This is the way To inner peace. Surrender is a journey From the outer turmoil To the inner peace. Peace Is in inner awakening, And this inner awakening We must share With the rest of the world.”

Peace Meditation Inner Peace Peace Of Mind Inner Awareness

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Forgive, you will have happiness. Forget, you will have satisfacton. Forgive and forget, You will have everlasting peace Within and without.”

Peace Forget Forgiving Everlasting Forget You Forgive And Forget Peace Within

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

“Peace does not mean the absence of war, peace means the presence of harmony, love, satisfaction and oneness. Peace means a flood of love in the world family.”

World Mean Doe War Peace Harmony Satisfaction Absence Oneness Flood Peace War Peace And Love Peace And Harmony Peace Not War

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Peace is something spontaneous; it is something that unites us. Peace is something that we have to spread. But unless and until we have peace deep within us, we can never hope to have peace in the outer world.”

World Peace Spread Spontaneous Deep Within Outer Worlds

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Peace is the whole truth that wishes to enrapture humanity. War is the whole falsehood that wants to capture humanity. Peace begins in the soul and ends in the heart. War begins in the mind and ends in the body.”

Want Mind Heart War Soul Ends Whole Body Humanity Wish Peace Capture Falsehood Whole Truth

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“War forgets peace. Peace forgives war. War is the death of the life human. Peace is the birth of the Life Divine. Our vital passions want war. Our psychic emotions desire peace.”

Want Humans War Desire Passion Peace Forget Emotion Divine Birth Forgiving Psychics

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“This world of ours has everything save and except one thing: peace. And this peace has to start from within. If I have peace of mind, then only can I be of help to you. If you have peace of mind, then only can you be of help to me.”

Ifs World Mind Helping Peace One Thing This World Peace Of Mind

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“This world of ours has everything except one thing: peace. Everybody wants and needs peace, whether he be a child or an octogenarian.”

World Want Needs Children Peace One Thing This World Wants And Needs

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

“World peace can blossom throughout the length and breadth of the world only when the world-peace-dreamers, world-peace-lovers and world-peace-servers desperately, sleeplessly and breathlessly long for the full manifestation of peace here on earth.”

World Long Earth Peace Lovers Manifestation Length Dreamer Breadth Server

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“To come back to the secret of inner peace, our questioning and doubting mind is always wanting in peace. Our loving and dedicated heart is always flooded with inner peace.”

Mind Heart Peace Secret Doubt Inner Peace Dedicated Questioning

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

“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

“Once we have this inner peace, world peace can be achieved in the twinkling of an eye.”

World Eye Peace Inner Peace Twinkling

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

“Peace is something that we become. Once we become peace, then only can we give peace to the world and receive peace from the world.”

World Giving Peace

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

“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”

World Choices Peace Hours Wealth Supreme Pilots Outer Worlds Expect Nothing

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

“This mind is the doubting mind, and in the doubting mind we can never feel the presence of peace. We can feel the presence of peace only in the loving heart.”

Feels Mind Heart Peace Doubt

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“A peaceful worldIs an immediate, utter and absoluteNecessity.”

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Listen to the inner light; It will guide you. Listen to the inner Peace; It will feed you. Listen to the inner Love; It will transform you, It will divinise you, It will immortalise you.”

Love Light Peace Self Love Guides Inner Peace Follow Your Heart Inner Voice Listen To Your Heart Self Transformation Listen To Yourself Inner Light

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“What does peace do? Peace blossoms. What else? Peace spreads. What else? Peace illumines. What else? Peace fulfils.”

Doe Peace Spread

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“How can I have peace? Not by talking about peace, But by walking Along the road of peace.”

Peace Talking Walking

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“May peace-dreamers And peace-lovers Occupy the length and breadth Of the world.”

World May Peace Lovers Length Dreamer Breadth

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“When we listen to the Inner Voice, our outer life becomes full of peace.”

Peace Voice Inner Voice

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“Not by talking, but by praying And becoming something good, Can we offer peace to the world.”

World Peace Talking Praying Becoming Offers Becoming Something

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“God has not forgotten To give us peace. He is just waiting for us To ask for it.”

Giving Asks Peace Waiting Forgotten

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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.”

Humans Action Force Peace Loses Human Beings Inner Peace Misfortunes Finding Peace

Book:Wisdom of Sri Chinmoy

Source: Wisdom of Sri Chinmoy

“Our soul lives in Peace and lives for Peace. If we live a life of peace, we are ever enriched and never impoverished. Unhorizoned is our inner peace; like the boundless sky, it encompasses all.”

Ifs Soul Peace Sky Inner Peace Boundless Soul Life

Book:Wisdom of Sri Chinmoy

Source: Wisdom of Sri Chinmoy

“If peace is not In Nature's beauty, Then where is it, where?”

Ifs Peace Nature's Beauty

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Peace we achieve When we do not expect anything From the world, But only give, give, and give Unconditionally What we have and what we are.”

World Giving Peace Achieve

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

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

About the Author

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

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