Inspirational Quotes by Swami Chinmayananda (Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher)

Inspirational Quotes by Swami Chinmayananda (Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher)

Introspect daily, detect diligently, negate ruthlessly.
—Swami Chinmayananda

It is sure to be dark if you close your eyes.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Brood less, smile more and serve all.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Man is the roof and crown of creation. He may be tossed about by uncertain storms of life, but the solution to it lies in his own efforts in finding an ideal, and then raising his personality, from the level of petty emotions, to the loftier heights of the chosen ideal.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Let not your choice leave behind a sense of guilt.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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

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

Appreciating the mind as ‘ALL SILENCE’, ‘I AM’ is meditation.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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

Faith is, ‘To believe what you do not see’, the reward of which is, ‘you see what you believed’.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Everybody exists. It is only the few who live.
To live, you should have an ideal.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To listen is not merely to hear.
We in life, hear but very rarely do we know how to listen.
To Listen is to hear, with an intellectual alertness and attention of awareness.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Silently hear everyone.
Accept what is good.
Reject and forget what is not.
This is intelligent living.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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

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

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

The spirit of Advaita is not to keep away from anything, but to keep in tune with everything.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Words are not necessary. Both will have their eyes flooded, and the joy of tears will wash away all quarrels.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Don’t die while living, live after you are dead.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Don’t put the key to your happiness in someone else’s pocket.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Our present work may be great or small.
Yet, the important thing is to do it well.
—Swami Chinmayananda

There is nothing, at any time, in any circumstance, to worry over ‘why this to me’?
—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

More important than What is Behind you and what is Ahead of you is what is In you.
Seek it. Centred in it, act and live.
—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

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.
—Swami Chinmayananda
Topics: Spirit, Secret, Spiritual, Sin

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Spirituality is neither the privilege of the poor nor the luxury of the rich. It is the choice of the wise man.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To define God is to defile God.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Alert and vigilant living itself is a ‘Sadhana’ in the true sense.
—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

Never complain, about the number of hours you have put in to do a job. Your nobility must estimate how much of you was put into each hour of your daily work.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The real men of achievement are people
who have the heroism to fuel more and more enthusiasm in their work,
when they face more and more difficulties.
—Swami Chinmayananda

To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The heroism of the seeker is in rejecting the whisperings of mediate happiness and to live nobly fulfilling one’s larger duties.
—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

Know what to Do.
Do it Yourself.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Stop all your attachments to false values. In an ever changing world, there is nothing worthwhile for us to desire or weep for. Joys and sorrows are bound come in human life; they are just like the two sides of the same coin.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Seek the Lord
In the smiles of your friends,
In the glow of angry eyes,
In the storms of passion.
He is everywhere, in everything.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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