Chinmayananda Saraswati quotes - page 2

Introspect daily, detect diligently, negate ruthlessly. (Chinmayananda Saraswati)
Mind can make a hell of heaven. Or a heaven of hell. View quote
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Know what to Do. And do it Yourself. View quote
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Efficiency is the capacity to bring proficiency into expression. View quote
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In life to handle yourself, use your head, but to handle others, use your heart. View quote
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The glory of life is not never falling. The true glory consists in rising each time we fall. View quote
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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. View quote
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Spiritual unfoldment cannot take place merely because of an intellectual appreciation of the theory of perfection. Evolution takes place only when a corresponding change in the subjective life is accomplished. View quote
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The secret of action is to get established in equanimity, renouncing all egocentric attachments, and forgetting to worry over our successes and failures. View quote
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At the Ashram I was told that the Maharshi was in the hall and anybody was free to walk in and see him. As I entered, I saw on the couch an elderly man, wearing but a loincloth, reclining against a round bolster. I sat down at the very foot of the couch. The Maharshi suddenly opened his eyes and looked straight into mine: I looked into his. A mere look, that was all. I felt that the Maharshi was, in that split moment, looking deep into me – and I was sure that he saw all my shallowness, confusions, faithlessness, imperfections, and fears. I cannot explain what happened in that one split moment. I felt opened, cleaned, healed, and emptied! A whirl of confusions: my atheism dropping away, but scepticism flooding in to question, wonder, and search. My reason gave me strength and I said to myself, ‘It is all mesmerism, my own foolishness.' Thus assuring myself, I got up and walked away. View quote
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Without devotion, knowledge is tasteless. Without knowledge, devotion is mere empty idol worship. (Chinmayananda Saraswati)
Out of purity and silence come words of power. View quote
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He who depends on chances and situations to be happy, is a Sansari. View quote
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The greatness is not what we do, but, unavoidably it is always in how we do what we do. Our present work may be great or small, Yet, the important is to do it well. View quote
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Adversity, on the contrary, sobers him and reminds him of God and his Glory. View quote
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To remember the ever present Divine at all times, even while acting in the world, is the most positive practice for a seeker who is striving to evolve. He will thereby transform his inner personality from its present condition, to a state of harmony and efficiency. View quote
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Everybody exists. It is only the few who live. To live, you should have an ideal. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Faith is belief in what I do not know now, so I can come soon enough for what I believe in. View quote
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Universe is a cosmos and not a chaos. There exists a mental affinity; a scientific law; a rhythm of mental relationship in which the entire living world is held together, in one web of love. (Chinmayananda Saraswati)
To give love is true freedom; To demand love is pure slavery. View quote
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Religion must not be considered true because it is necessary, but necessary because it is true. View quote
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You are successful and creative only when you see an opportunity in every difficulty. View quote
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Unless we have a definite faith in the goal of our existence, and unless we believe, work for, and actually come to experience the goal positively as an existent factor, there is no hope of any plan becoming successful. View quote
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