Top 15 Chinmayananda Saraswati Quotes

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

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

To give love is true freedom; To demand love is pure slavery.

Don't expect them to fully understand you. They won't: So ? Demonstrate with results what they would not understand with words!

Become quietly effective.

To do your job even if circumstances are not conducive, is our gift to Him-who is the sole Lord of all circumstances.

To see the one in the many is the casual vision of knowledge. To see the many in the one is the mission wisdom.

The average man looks up at night And sees thousands and thousands, of twinkling stars, Each different from the others. But a man of wisdom and achievement, Perceives the one light, Behind the dark dome of the night-sky, Whose incandescence peeps at us, Through all the holes in the night-dome!!

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

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

In life, the glory lies not in the quarry, but in the chase.

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

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

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.