Chinmayananda Saraswati Quotes

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

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

But the boy who left the hall was not the boy who had gone in some ten minutes before. After my college days, my political work, and after my years of stay at Uttarkashi at the feet of my master, Tapovanam I knew that what I gained on the Ganges banks was that which had been given to me years before by the saint of Tiruvannamalai on that hot summer day – by a mere look

The success is not in the trophy won but in the race run ...

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

Introspect daily, detect diligently, negate ruthlessly.

Become quietly effective.

Not to do what you feel like doing is Freedom.

Know what to Do. And do it Yourself.

The highest form of grace is silence.

Comfort - Comes as Guest, Lingers to become Host and stays to ENSLAVE us.

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.

Appreciating the mind as `ALL SILENCE'. `I AM' is meditation.

Faith is belief in what I do not know now, so I can come soon enough for what I believe in.

In all adversities there is always in its depth, a treasure of spiritual blessings secretly hidden.