Inspirational Quotes by Swami Chinmayananda (Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher)

Inspirational Quotes by Swami Chinmayananda (Indian Hindu Spiritual Teacher)

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

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

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

A Conquest, without facing dangers is as dull as Victory without a shining glory. A game without a prize.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Not to do what you feel like doing is freedom.
—Swami Chinmayananda

One single ideal can transform a listless soul
into a towering leader of men.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Live morality before you talk of it.
Practise meditation before you preach it.
Taste goodness before you recommend it.
Gain bliss before you offer it to others.
—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

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.
—Swami Chinmayananda

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.
—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

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

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

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

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

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

To see the one in the many
Is the casual vision of knowledge.
To see the many in the one,
Is the mission wisdom.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Wisdom is the assimilated knowledge in us, gained from an intelligent estimation and close study of our own direct and indirect experience in the world.
—Swami Chinmayananda

This nobility in your heart must shine out in your actions, in your conduct, in your work. To be moody in and disgusted with the responsibilities, and to drag yourself through life, is a painful, unproductive existence.
—Swami Chinmayananda

Do the best and leave the rest.
—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

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

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

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

To define God is to defile God.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The tragedy of human history is decreasing happiness in the midst of increasing comforts.
—Swami Chinmayananda

The secret of action is to get established in equanimity, renouncing all egocentric attachments, and forgetting to worry over our successes and failures.
—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

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

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