Do not forget
That God does not cherish
Your inferiority feelings,
Just as He does not cherish
The superiority feelings of others.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 51, Agni Press, 1984

“Silence is the fulness of my thought. Silence is the light of my inner understanding. Silence is the voice of my soul. In my silence is the Breath of my Reality’s Life.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

“I have three things to offer to my God: fear, doubt and ignorance. God has three things to give me: Power to replace my fear. Light to replace my doubt. His oneness with me to replace my ignorance.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

“I take the greatest lesson from compassion — it takes away all the conceit out of my life.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

“Because I love mankind, God loves me. Because I love God, Truth loves me. Because I love Truth, I really and truly love myself.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

“Do you know the secret of my spiritual success? I have freed myself from the past. I live in constant, unending newness of life. To me, God is my immortalising Freedom. To God, I am His devoted assurance.”

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

Is the world so unbearable?
No!
What we need is only
A little more love
For the world.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 5, Agni Press, 1998

All evil thoughts unmistakably,
Unceremoniously, plus unavoidably
Come back to the ill-fated sender.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 134, Agni Press, 1990

Do not judge,
But love and be loved,
If you want to be really happy.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36, Agni Press, 2004

This world
Is more charming
Than we can ever imagine.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43, Agni Press, 2005

If you anticipate misfortune,
Misfortune will knock
At your life-door
Sooner than at once.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 27, Agni Press, 2002

There is only one medicine
To get rid of anger-attack:
Forgive immediately
And forget deliberately.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 16, Agni Press, 1999

A heart of peace
Does not find fault
With anybody.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43, Agni Press, 2005

Anything we do for the world
Is bound to be returned
Infinitely more.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36, Agni Press, 2004

Always try to believe
In the kindness and goodness
Of other human beings.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 36, Agni Press, 2004

Do you see something
Deep inside yourself?
It is the epitome of a new gospel:
Your heart’s selfless love.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 75, Agni Press, 1983

Mere acceptance of the spiritual life
Is not enough.
You must avail yourself
Of each golden opportunity,
And throw your heart and soul
Into your progress-life.

Sri Chinmoy, Ten Thousand Flower-Flames, part 75, Agni Press, 1983

We must appreciate
The pain of life,
For it is from the pain of life
That we value
The sweetness of life.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 49, Agni Press, 2008

Those who run after happiness
Will never be happy.
Happiness is something
That has to come to the fore
From within.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 41, Agni Press, 2004

Each moment is precious,
Extremely precious,
Far beyond our imagination.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 50, Agni Press, 2009

If you do the right thing,
Even if you become the target
Of wild criticism,
Your inner happiness
Will eventually prove to you
That God has always
Been pleased with you.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 47, Agni Press, 1984

Never worry about things
That you are unable to change.
Change your own way
Of looking at truth.
Look from a higher
And more encompassing
Life-tree branch.

Sri Chinmoy, Twenty-Seven Thousand Aspiration-Plants, part 164, Agni Press, 1991

“Human love eventually becomes painful.
Divine love always remains blissful.”

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

Even in the abysmal abyss,
God’s Compassion-Eye
Is still available.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

To live in the Eternal Now,
We need an ever-progressing
Child-heart.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 43, Agni Press, 2005

What you do not use yourself, do not give to others. For example, advice.

Sri Chinmoy, Meditations: food for the soul, Agni Press, 1970

Adversity
Can be conquered
With a great amount of faith.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007

When I dive deep within, I see
I am beckoned by the Breath of Eternity.

Sri Chinmoy, My God-Hunger-Cry, Agni Press, 2009

Peace begins when expectation ends.

Sri Chinmoy, Flame-Goal. Daily meditations, Agni Press, 1973

Be brave!
You must fearlessly face
All the problems
That are attacking you.

Sri Chinmoy, Seventy-Seven Thousand Service-Trees, part 47, Agni Press, 2007