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                     Quotes of Swami Chinmayananda


  • Success or achievement is not the final goal. It is the 'spirit' in which you act that puts the seal of beauty upon your life.
  • To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.
  • Do the best and leave the rest.
  • We like someone because, we love someone in spite of...
  • Flood your mind with love. Look into the eyes of the other and embrace the person with whom you have quarreled.
  • Words are not necessary. Both will have their eyes flooded, and the joy of tears will wash away all quarrels.
  • The God-Man functions as a true 'sportsman' in his playfield, where the very enjoyment is in the sport and not in the score.
  • Efficiency is the capacity to bring proficiency into expression.
  • Brood less, smile more and serve all.
  • The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.
  • The cultured give happiness wherever they go. The uncultured whenever they go.
  • Faults become thick when love is thin.
  • Comfort - Comes as Guest, Lingers to become Host and stays to ENSLAVE us.
  • Temper takes you to Trouble, Pride keeps you there.
  • He who depends on chances and situations to be happy, is a Sansari.
  • Remember, `Even This Will Pass Away'.
  • To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
  • A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
  • In life to handle yourself, use your head, but to handle others, use your heart.
  • Be strict and intelligently critical about yourself and your own weakness and follies. But, cushion your words and attitudes with Love. Love is the greatest persuasive power we know in life.
  • Happiness depends on what you can give, Not on what you can get.
  • If I rest, I rust.
  • Sin is never in action, it is always in reaction.
  • `Moksha' is not `Freedom from Action' but, `Freedom in Action'.
  • `Surrender inspite of Freedom' is the way of wise men.
  • There is nothing, at any time, in any circumstance, to worry over why this to me ?
  • Plan out your work Then work out your plan. The former without the latter is a sheer waste. The latter without the former is mere unproductive confusion.
  • A man-of-wisdom lives in the world, but he is never of the world.
  • You are successful and creative only when you see an opportunity in every difficulty.
  • Strange! Wealth estranges us all. It is all very strange, the money psychology! When you have not got any, you will pant to get some! When you get some, you grow jealous of others who have more, and feel conceited among those who have less!
  • Know what to Do. Do it Yourself.
  • Hindu culture is essentially based upon the sacrifice implied in duty, and not upon acquisition, which is implied in rights.
  • Sandalwood perfumes even the axe that hurls it down! The more we rub sandalwood against a stone, the more its fragrance spreads. Burn it, and it wafts its glory through the entire neighbourhood. Such is the enchanting beauty of forgiveness in life.
  • We may often give without love, but we can never love without giving.
  • In all worthwhile undertakings, There will be risks of failure, of disappointments, of even disaster. To face them all with inner poise and firm faith is to discover the glory of final victory.
  • A Conquest, without facing dangers is as dull as Victory without a shining glory. A game without a prize!
  • Mind at rest is the Temple of Joy. So long as it is gurgling with its desires, passions and attachments in its stormy surface, the signature of joy gets ruffled out.
  • Some act till they meet obstacles, others act inspite of obstacles and conquer them; but some act not fearing the possibility of some obstacles, that might arise enroute.
  • All disturbances and challenges rise not only from our relationship with others, but in our attitude to all other things and beings.
  • The secret of success behind all men of achievement, lies in the faculty of applying their intellect in all their activities, without being mislead by any surging emotions or feelings. The secret of success in life lies in keeping the head above the storms of the heart.
  • Mind can make a hell of heaven. Or a heaven of hell.
  • There is no companion like solitude. One who knows how to tune himself to the inner silence, even in the midst of the din and roar of the marketplace, enjoys a most recreative solitude.
  • What you have is all His Gift to you.
  • What you do with what you have is your Gift to Him...

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