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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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Famous Sri Chinmoy Quotes

“I do not give up, I never give up, for there is nothing in this entire world that is irrevocably unchangeable.”

World Giving Giving Up Not Giving Up Never Giving Up Unchangeable Do Not Give Up I Never Give Up

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

“Silence is the nest and music is the bird. The bird leaves the nest early in the morning and returns to the nest in the evening. Similarly, in the spiritual world, divine music comes from the inmost soul of Silence.”

World Soul Spiritual Silence Morning Divine Return Music Is Bird Evening Silence Is Nests

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Your heart will be shattered by sorrow If you force it to live In tomorrow's ephemeral imagination-world Instead of in today's eternal Reality-Now.”

Ifs World Heart Reality Today Force Imagination Tomorrow Sorrow Eternal Shattered Ephemeral

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“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.”

Ifs World Mind Heart Spiritual Fighting Energy Silence Sea Absence Command Affected Spiritual Life Tangible Roaring Practise Outgoing True Peace

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“We are all God's children. But world-peace-dreamers, world-peace-lovers and world-peace-servers are undoubtedly God's choicest children.”

World Children Lovers Dreamer Server

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“The reason I have entered into bodybuilding and weightlifting is to inspire everybody to pray and meditate so they can bring to the fore their own inner strength. If everybody brings to the fore his own inner strength, the world will eventually be inundated with peace.”

Ifs World Reason Inspire Praying Inner Strength Bodybuilding Weightlifting

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“The heart-flute Knows how to charm the world.”

Knows World Heart Music Know How Charm Flutes

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“It is music that, being the universal language, has no need to learn any particular language of the world.”

World Needs Language Music Particular Universal Universal Language

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Love the world With your heart's dreams. Serve the world With your life's promises.”

World Heart Dream Promise

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“Human love wants to possess and be possessed by the world. Divine love wants to establish its inseparable oneness with the world and then it wants to divinely enjoy this oneness. Supreme Love transforms human love into divine love and blesses divine love with boundless joy and divine pride.”

World Want Love Humans Joy Enjoy Divine Pride Supreme Oneness Bless Possessed Divine Love Boundless Inseparable Human Love

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 of the limited self, the very limited self, is another name for human love. Love of the entire world is another name for divine love.”

World Love Humans Self Names Divine Divine Love Human Love

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

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

World May Peace Lovers Length Dreamer Breadth

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“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

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

“Enthusiasm Rules his inner world. Determination Rules his outer world. Therefore Happiness has become His real name.”

World Real Happiness Names Determination Enthusiasm Inner World Outer Worlds

Book:Heart-songs: Everyday Prayers & Meditations

Source: Heart-songs: Everyday Prayers & Meditations

“Let us serve the world soulfully. The pay we will receive for our service will be in the currency of gratitude, God's gratitude, God the only gratitude.”

World Pay Gratitude Currency

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“If you are already an awakened soul, Then you must realise That God has already given you A supreme task to perform: He wants you to work For His Vision's world-blossoms.”

Ifs World Want Soul Given Vision Tasks Supreme Realising Awakened

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“To inspire others Is to be immediately rich In the inner world.”

World Inspiration Rich Inspire Inner World Inspire Others

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“The entire world may not change. The entire world cannot change. The entire world even will not change. But your tiny world you can and will change forever at this very moment with the help of your confidence-heart. Yours will be the unparalleled victory.”

World Heart May Moments Helping Change Forever Victory Tiny

Author:Sri Chinmoy

“The power that dominates cannot solve world problems. The power that loves can solve world problems.”

World Problem Solve World Problems

Author:Sri Chinmoy

About the Author

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

Books & Sources

The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner PeaceRelated source material

The Oneness of the Eastern Heart and the Western Mind: An Introduction to Eastern Philosophy and YogaRelated source material

Beyond Within: A Philosophy for the Inner LifeRelated source material

Meditation: Man-perfection in God-satisfactionRelated source material

Wisdom of Sri ChinmoyRelated source material

Eternity's breath: aphorisms and essaysRelated source material

Flores ChamasRelated source material

Heart-songs: Everyday Prayers & MeditationsRelated source material

Kundalini: The Mother-powerRelated source material

The Jewels of Happiness: Inspiration and Wisdom to Guide Your Life-JourneyRelated source material

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