Chinmayananda Saraswati Quotes

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

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

The end of ego is the `Mystic Death' of the mediator

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.

Faith is, `To believe what you do not see', the reward of which is, `you see what you believed'.

To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Disappointment can come only to those who make appointments with the future.

We like someone because, we love someone in spite of...

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

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.

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.

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.

Alert and vigilant living itself is a `Sadhana' in the true sense.

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.

The guru is nothing but pure consciousness, Bliss and eternal wisdom.