The Wings of Joy Quotes

“Be sincere in your thoughts,
Be pure in your feelings.
You will not have to run after happiness.
Happiness will run after you.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“When you really have something to offer to the world, then you can become truly humble. A tree when it has no fruit to offer, remains erect. But when the tree is laden with fruit, it bends down. If you are all pride and ego, then nobody will be able to get anything worthwhile from you. When you have genuine humility, it is a sign that you have something to offer to mankind.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“The inner light actually comes from the soul; it is already inside us. The moment we can have free access to our soul, we will see that this light is coming to the fore to permeate our whole outer existence.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“There are two ways to illumine anger. One way is to enlarge your heart. If you have been wronged, use your power of identification. Feel that it is you yourself, or an extended part of your own consciousness, that has done the wrong thing. The sooner you can rid yourself of the idea that somebody else has done something to you, the better off you will be.
The second way is to think of perfecting yourself. When you stop thinking of perfecting others and only care for your own aspiration, you will be liberated from anger. Instead of looking around to see who is obstructing you or standing in your way, just pay all attention to your own self-discovery. When you have discovered your true self, you will see that there is nobody imperfect on earth. Everybody is perfect in you.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“If we feel secure
In the depths of our heart,
We shall not challenge anybody,
For inner confidence
Is nothing short of
Complete satisfaction.”
― 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

“You can purify your existence by feeling deep within yourself a beautiful rose or lotus, or any other flower that you like. A flower is all purity. Try to identify yourself with the consciousness of the flower or with the purity of the flower. Today it is imagination, but if you continue imagining for five days, or ten days, or a month or two, then you are bound to see and feel the flower within you. First you may feel it, then you are bound to see the existence of the flower, and then automatically the fragrance and the purity of the flower will enter into you to purify you.”
― 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

“If we have a simple existence, we shall feel how happy and how fortunate we are. There are some people who are of the opinion that simplicity is almost tantamount to stupidity. But simplicity and stupidity are like the North Pole and the South Pole. One can be as simple as a child and, at the same time, one can have boundless knowledge, light and wisdom.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“Remain cheerful,
For nothing destructive can pierce through
The solid wall of cheerfulness.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“Yesterday I was clever,
That is why I wanted to change the world.
Today I am wise,
That is why I am changing myself.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“If you want to understand yourself,
Then do not examine yourself.
Just love yourself more sincerely,
More soulfully
And more self-givingly.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“To make the fastest progress,
Be an absolutely cheerful
Hero-warrior
And take both victory and failure
As parallel experience rivers
Leading to the sea
Of progress-delight.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“True inner joy is self-created.
It does not depend on outer circumstances.
A river is flowing in and through you carrying the message of joy.
This divine joy is the sole purpose of life.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“Real joy means immediate expansion. If we experience pure joy, immediately our heart expands. We feel that we are flying in the divine freedom-sky. The entire length and breadth of the world becomes ours, not for us to rule over, but as an expansion of our consciousness. We become reality and vastness.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“I meditate
So that I can inundate
My entire being
With the omnipotent power of peace.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“Do you want to be happy?
Then make your life as soulfully simple
As sleeplessly breathing.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“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

“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.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“In between your failure-tree
And your triumph-tree,
The tree that is growing
Is known as your patience-tree.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“Deepen your faith in yourself.
Nothing will be able
To frighten or weaken you.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace

“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

“Your defeats in life's battlefield
Will soon be ending,
Because your mind is no longer indifferent
To your heart's spontaneous enthusiasm.”
― Sri Chinmoy, The Wings of Joy: Finding Your Path to Inner Peace