Inspirational Quotes by Swami Chinmayananda (Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher)

Inspirational Quotes by Swami Chinmayananda (Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher)

When the time of judgement comes,
we shall not be asked what we have read,
but what we have done.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

A man-of-wisdom lives in the world, but he is never of the world.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To define God is to defile God.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Mind can make a hell of heaven.
Or a heaven of hell.
—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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Love is the heart of all religions; the theme of all classical works of art and literature; the song of all devotees. Scientists know only what love does, not what love is. Love is to human hearts what the sun is to flowers.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Both renunciation of action and the performance of action lead to Nirvana (Liberation); but these performance of action is superior to renunciation of action. The action of today becomes the destiny of tomorrow.
—Swami Chinmayananda
Topics: Act, Destiny, Become, Action

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Comfort – Comes as Guest, Lingers to become Host and stays to ENSLAVE us.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To be patient means to suffer something that hinders or hurts us, and still retain our self-composure. How many difficulties, with their consequent unpleasantness and discord, could be smoothed over and almost entirely eliminated by patience. Patience always elevates and strengthens our character. We need it not only with others but also with ourselves.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The end of ego is the ‘Mystic Death’ of the mediator.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To understand anything is to find in it something which is our own.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The greatness in an ideology is not, in fact, in the ideology;
it is in the subject which lives that ideology.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Grace is only to be found by effort, although it is here and now.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Everyone points to the other man, who, according to him, is happier. But the only one, who has the courage to declare that he is truly happy, is he who has relinquished all his passions and hungers from within.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Growing youth determined to reach their goal, sure of their dignity, consistent in their endeavors, proud of their cultural background – can alone bestow upon a growing country the status of a Nation.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The cultured give happiness wherever they go. The uncultured whenever they go.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To give without sympathy is to build a temple without the idol and
it is as futile as painting a picture with black ink on a black-board.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Charity is an attempt wherein I try to expand and bring into the ambit of my life, all others around me and grow to consider the other man’s needs and requirements as important as my own personal needs. To live seeking an identity thus, with at least those who are immediately around me, is to live away from the suffocating selfishness and the throttling grip of my body-consciousness.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Temper takes you to Trouble, Pride keeps you there.
—Swami Chinmayananda

When opportunity knocks,
We are either out or sleeping in.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Sin is never in action, it is always in reaction.
—Swami Chinmayananda

There is no destiny beyond and above ourselves; we are ourselves the architects of our future.
—Swami Chinmayananda

A successful man is one who lays a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at him.
—Swami Chinmayananda
Topics: Entrepreneurs, Desires, Confidence, Success & Failure, Success, Men, Self-Esteem

Become quietly effective.
Don’t expect them, to fully understand you.
They won’t: So ?
Demonstrate with results
What they would not understand with words .
—Swami Chinmayananda

Religion must not be considered true because it is necessary, but necessary because it is true.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The God-Man functions as a true ‘sportsman’ in his playfield,
where the very enjoyment is in the sport and not in the score.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Substitute wisely, grow steadily and be free.
—Swami Chinmayananda

He who depends on chances and situations to be happy, is a Sansari.
—Swami Chinmayananda

History is full of instances, wherein, victory would have been to the vanquished, if only they had battled a little longer! We often fail for lack of perseverance in our efforts. We leave our work half done in our impatience. Every job demands its quota of efforts. Never give up too soon.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Be a noble person in life. The tides of circumstances and the tussle of happenings may toss us hither and thither, may buffet us up and down, but stay noble in your thoughts and actions – you will be ever safe.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Efficiency is the capacity to bring proficiency into expression.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Flood your mind with love. Look into the eyes of the other and embrace the person with whom you have quarreled.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Prosperity is like wine, which goes to the head, and makes man forget his Creator.
Adversity, on the contrary, sobers him and reminds him of God and his Glory.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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