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“Be kind, be all sympathy,
For each and every human being
Is forced to fight against himself.”
― Sri Chinmoy, My Life's Soul-Journey: Daily Meditations for Ever-Increasing Spiritual Fulfillment

“Right now fear, doubt, anxiety, tension and disharmony are reigning supreme.
But there shall come a time when this world of ours will be flooded with peace.
Who is going to bring about this radical change?
It will be you: you and your sisters and brothers.
You and your oneness-heart will spread peace throughout the length and breadth of the world.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“Hope abides; therefore I abide.
Countless frustrations have not cowed me.
I am still alive, vibrant with life.
The black cloud will disappear,
The morning sun will appear once again
In all its supernal glory.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“Peace begins
When expectation ends.”
― Sri Chinmoy, Perfection and transcendence

“Every day there is only one thing to learn: how to be honestly happy.”
― Sri Chinmoy, Meditation: Man Perfection in God Satisfaction

“Meditation is silence, energising and fulfilling. Silent is the eloquent expression of the inexpressible.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Silent Teaching: A Beginner's Guide to Meditation

“Beyond speech and mind,
Into the river of ever-effulgent Light
My heart dives.
Today thousands of doors, closed for millennia,
Are opened wide.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“Wherever you go, go with inspiration and aspiration.
Whatever you do, do with love and concern.
Whomever you see, see with purity's beauty
And responsibility's glory.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“If we feel inwardly strong, we will have no need or desire to speak ill of others.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“Not to give up under any circumstances should be the motto of our life: I shall try again and again, and I am bound to succeed. There will be obstacles, but I have to defy the obstacles.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“Death is not the end
Death can never be the end.

Death is the road.
Life is the traveller.
The Soul is the Guide

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Our mind thinks of death.
Our heart thinks of life
Our soul thinks of Immortality”
― Sri Chinmoy

“Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier. Love everything, you will be happiest.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“I am very happy
Because I have conquered myself
And not the world.
I am very happy
Because I have loved the world
And not myself.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.”
― Robert Frost

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love - even the most simple action.”
― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“In today's rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.”
― Eckhart Tolle

“Hate is often an obverse form of love.
You hate someone whom you really wish to love but whom you cannot love.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“And then there is the universal role of adult. When you play that role, you take yourself and life very seriously. Spontaneity, lightheartedness, and joy are not part of that role.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

“If we can feel that it is not our voice, not our fingers, but some reality deep inside our heart which is expressing itself, then we will know that it is the soul’s music.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.”
― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

“You must never forget that greatness does not guarantee happiness but goodness always does”
― Sri Chinmoy

“Try not to change the world. You will fail. Try to love the world. Lo, the world is changed. Changed forever.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“Run and become.
Become and run.
Run to succeed in the outer world.
Become to proceed in the inner world.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“Love your enemy.
It will not only puzzle him,
But finally illumine him.”
― Sri Chinmoy

“Friendship is peace...
I shall not speak ill of you or try to ruin you; you will not speak ill of me or try to ruin me.
On the contrary, I shall give you what I have:
my love, my sympathy, my concern, my compassion, my total support of your cause,
and you will do the same for me.”
― Sri Chinmoy, Garden of the Soul

“One is loved because one is loved. No reason is needed for loving.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

“There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure.”
― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist