Chinmayananda Saraswati Quotes

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

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.

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

Be strict and intelligently critical about yourself and your own weakness and follies. But, cushion your words and attitudes with Love. Love is the greatest persuasive power we know in life.

In life to handle yourself, use your head, but to handle others, use your heart.

Bhakti is the attitude of the mind, and jnana is the attitude of the intellect, both flow towards the Lord.

Love is a consistent passion to give, not a meek persistent hope to receive. The only demand of life is the privilege to love all.

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

To assume differences in the world, is to belie this great Oneness in life.

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.

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.

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.

Temper brings you to trouble. Pride keeps you there.

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.

To forget oneself totally, one's mind should keep awake at every moment. A mind that has forgotten the past and the future, that is awake to the now, to the present, expresses the highest concentration of intelligence. It is alert, it is watchful, it is inspired. The actions of a man who has such a mind are exceptionally creative and perfect. Verily to forget oneself totally, is to be in perfection.